Third of Team GB athletes for Paris Olympics educated privately

Study finds 33.3% of squad went to private schools, up nine percentage points from 24% in 2016 team

The proportion of privately educated athletes in the Team GB squad has increased to a third of all competitors, a study has found.

Of the 318 athletes in the 2024 Team GB squad schooled in the UK, 106 or 33.3% were privately educated, up nine percentage points from 24% in the 2016 team that travelled to Rio de Janeiro in 2016, analysis by the Good Schools Guide revealed.