Richard Gordon M. BUDGETT

Prior to the 1984 Olympics, Richard Budgett competed in three world championships. In 1981 he won a bronze medal in the coxed pairs and in the coxed fours he placed fifth in 1982 and sixth in 1983. Budgett was educated at Radley and Selwyn College, Cambridge before qualifying as a doctor in 1983. Budgett studied medicine at Selwyn College, University of Cambridge. He trained at the Middlesex Hospital, University of London and did his fellowship in Sports Medicine at Queen Mary College, University of London. He became Medical Director of the International Olympic Committee in October 2012.