UK Sport is the government agency responsible for investing money sourced from the National Lottery and the government, into Olympic and Paralympic sport in the United Kingdom.

[1][2] It is an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

[2] It was created in 1997, following a "rock bottom" showing at the 1996 Summer Olympics where Team GB won just one solitary gold medal.

[7] These investments are spread over a four-year cycle ahead of the Tokyo and Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games respectively.

The investments are made through Athlete Performance Awards which are paid directly to the athlete and contribute to their living and sporting costs[8] and through central funding to sport National Governing Bodies to invest in coaches, facilities and sports science and medicine.