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Abigail Irozuru

Inspire and equip your students to bounce back from challenges and leap confidently into their future with Olympic-level mindset strategies from a Team GB Olympian.

Abigail is a Team GB Olympic Finalist (2021 Tokyo Summer Games) and a Team England Commonwealth Games Finalist (Birmingham, 2022) with a mission to inspire and equip people to live healthier, happier, higher-performing lives. She has represented Great Britain and England teams consistently since 2006. Her notable achievements include a 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games’ gold medal and becoming three-time British Long Jump Champion (2015, 2019 & 2020).

Abigail was elected by her Olympic peers, across the Summer and Winter Games’ sports, to the Team GB British Olympic Association Athletes’ Commission. As one of thirteen elected representatives, she represents the athletes’ voice to the BOA, nationally and internationally. She is also Vice-Chair of the UK Athletics Athletes’ Commission.

Abigail is also a UCL Law graduate, entrepreneur, speaker and coach, delivering talks and workshops to produce positive personal and organisational change, designed based on lessons learned from her experiences as a world-class athlete and her study of NLP and the high-performance mindset.

She is a contributing-author to ‘Notes on Feminism’, sharing the unseen reality for women in sports, and has written for print and online journals, such as HuffPost and Woman Alive.

Her talk on bouncing back is perfect for assemblies, sports teams, and student leadership groups looking to cultivate resilience, transform setbacks into setups for success, and adopt a high-performance mindset, especially popular ahead of exam season, during PSHE or for sports days!

Her talk on leaping forward is ideal for students facing pivotal moments such as transitioning from school to college or university or preparing for the workforce. Abigail’s insights will help students tackle new stages in their education and career with confidence and perseverance.

Testimonials from Teachers

"Throughout high school and sixth form college, I have had frequent encounters with motivational speakers (all from different backgrounds). However, in this case, as an Athlete who suffers defeats in my sport related psychological battles; specifically during recovery from long term injuries, I found myself inspired and motivated in a new way. The similarities of our sport related struggles (both physically and mentally) helped me try to compare myself to her. By this, if she is able to overcome such low points in her sporting career; to push to International/ Olympic standard, hypothetically speaking, what’s stopping me."

– Harry Buglass, Student, Leeds University

"This was a fantastic session for our highest ability Year 12 students which they all enjoyed and took a great deal away from. I would definitely recommend Abigail to schools, colleges, etc to work with students as she is engaging, informative and experienced as well as being able to get her messages across in a fun way. We’ll definitely be inviting her back."

– Andy Baker, Deputy Head Teacher, Longcroft School

"Very interesting! It brought a lot of the academic theory that the students had been studying to life and it is a unique experience that not everyone will get at all universities."

– Lecturer, UCFB, Etihad Campus