Brackenridge, Celia
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Fuller Name
- Celia Helen
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1950-08-22
Death Date
- 2018-05-25
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Women's Sports Foundation (Great Britain)
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1994
- Organization: Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 2005
- Organization: Brunel University
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Safe Sport International
Birth Place
- Hitchin (England)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
Athlete welfare
Occupation
Professor of sport and leisure
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Sources
- found: Her Women's lacrosse, c1978:t.p. (Celia Brackenridge)
- found: Spoilsports, 2001:CIP t.p. (Celia H. Brackenridge) data sheet (Brackenridge, Celia Helen, b. Aug. 22, 1950) galley (head of Leisure and Sport Unit, Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education)
- found: Guardian WWW site, viewed May 25, 2018(Celia Brackenridge, sportswoman, campaigner and academic, born 22 August 1950, Hitchin, Hertfordshire; died 23 May 2018; selected to play lacrosse for England and then Great Britain; became captain; was in the side for 14 years, making the Guinness Book of Records in the mid-80s for the most appearances as a GB lacrosse player; then had a brief period as national team coach for the Lacrosse World Cup in the US, where she was not as successful, having already changed career direction for academia by becoming a full-time lecturer at a teacher training college, now part of Sheffield Hallam University; she was a founder and first chair of the Women's Sports Foundation UK, a lobby group intended to raise public awareness of gender inequality in sport and influence public policy; this transformed itself into the Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation; at the same time Celia pioneered research into the sexual and physical abuse of young athletes by their coaches; in 1994 she moved to Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education, becoming professor of sport and leisure; her final academic post was as professor and director for youth sport and athlete welfare at Brunel University (2005-10), retiring as professor emerita; helped set up the charity Safe Sport International with Unicef, working with the Olympic and Paralympic movements to promote athlete protection and welfare)
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Change Notes
- 1978-06-06: new
- 2018-05-25: revised
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