Dr. Richard Young

Richard has been involved with nine Olympics as an athlete, coach, researcher, technologist and leader working across more than 30 sports for three countries focused on Olympic performance. Richard has a PhD in physiology, medical science and biomedical engineering. Richard is also the founder of a number of international performance programs including, the Technology and Innovation for GB and NZ, and the Performance Knowledge & Learning program for NZ Olympic, Winter Olympic and Paralympic teams. Richard has researched the differences between medalists and non-medalist athletes, coaches, support staff and organizations across 5 Olympic cycles and identified the behaviour and system differences between those who achieve and those who don’t. Richard consults internationally to help people build sustainable performance systems and achieve faster. He works with Olympic sports, professional sports, national coaches, and former elite athletes. He helps clients accelerate from high potential to higher performance through three programs: Leading your performance. Accelerating performance. Sustaining performance. "I understand how to simplify the 'performance problem' and impact the performance-solution." - Dr. Richard Young Dr. Richard Young also founded Simplify2Perform, to learn more visit: www.simplify2perform.com