Emily Diamond

Emily was a fantastic guest speaker at our school. From the moment she arrived, she was vibrant, enthusiastic and approachable. The talk and Q&A session we received left our pupils, many of whom were sports scholars, feeling motivated and driven to follow their own path with more focus and perseverance.

Emily shared her passion, enthusiasm and knowledge of sporting development with both students, parents and staff during informal meetings, lessons, and, an incredibly articulate and enthusiastic Sports Assembly. During this assembly presentation to 600 students & staff, Emily told her story, the highs and the lows, the hard work and determination required to achieve her goals and her experience at London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympics.  Emily’s passion, enthusiasm, mental toughness, resilience and drive have been a credit to her and a total inspiration to anyone she meets.

I would whole heartedly recommend Emily to deliver motivational presentations to both adults and young students.

Emily provided a wonderful insight into what it was like to be an Olympian, an athlete and how ‘rocky’ the road to stardom can be! It is as much the ‘journey’ Emily has been traveling, as well as the fantastic success she has achieved that was appealing to our senior pupils, staff and parents at our recent Sports Dinner. The video clip of her bringing Team GB back into the 4x400 meter final at Rio with an impressive ‘third’ leg of the relay, brought a wave of applause!

Emily visited our school as part of a Muller promotion. Her personality shone through from the start of her whole school assembly, the children and staff were gripped! Emily spoke dynamically about what it takes to be an athlete and her amazing international career. When working with year groups, Emily took time to speak in depth with the children, thoughtfully answering their questions. Her passion and dedication for sport was inspiring for our children and aspiring athletes, to see. Interacting with 310 primary children can be intimidating for seasoned teachers, but Emily's visit left our children buzzing with excitement. Thank you.

Having Emily visit our Primary School was an amazing experience for our kids. The way she spoke about her career and motivation was totally inspiring and she  was happy to answer so many questions (some more relevant than others!) with such enthusiasm. We are immensely grateful that she made the effort to come in and share her life with us.

My eldest daughter came home from school today grinning from ear to ear, and hasn't stopped talking about sport and fitness - clearly the visit from Emily Diamond to her school today had a positive impact!