Lorna Boothe, Paula Dunn and Chris Maddocks recognised in New Year's Honours
Former athletes Lorna Boothe, Paula Dunn and Chris Maddocks are among those to have received recognition in the New Year's Honours list.
As a sprint hurdler Boothe (pictured above) claimed Commonwealth gold in 1978 and silver in 1982 and represented GB at two Olympic Games. The former British record-holder went on to become a coach and senior athletics administrator and receives her MBE for services to sports coaching and administration.
Boothe, who was a British Athletics team manager for nine years, has coached senior international sprinters James Dasaolu and Imani Lansiquot in the past and currently guides European Under-18 Championships fourth-placer Marcia Sey.
Her son Tremayne Gilling has run 10.25 for 100m, while she is also a cousin of the late Jamaican legend Herb McKinley.
Joining Boothe in becoming an MBE is UKA's para athletics head coach Dunn, who receives her honour for services to athletics.
The former sprinter competed in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul and also claimed five Commonwealth medals and a European bronze during her career before turning her attention to coaching. She became the first female head coach at UKA when she was appointed in 2012.
Maddocks, meanwhile, becomes a BEM for services to athletics. The five-time Olympic race walker turned journalist and commentator remains the British 50km race walk record-holder thanks to his 3:51:37 from 1990.
At the Sydney Games in 2000 he became the first British track athlete to compete in five Olympics and he achieved that feat in memorable fashion, too. After injuring his hamstring on the eve of the Games, he struggled to finish the 50km walk but with '500 Miles' by the Proclaimers blasting around the stadium he received a standing ovation and a larger applause than the winner Robert Korzeniowski.
Technical official Roger Blades receives an MBE for services to athletics and school sport, while Paralympian Sophia Warner gains a BEM for voluntary service to disability sport.
BEM honours have also been awarded to John Messum and William Russell for services to athletics in Wales and Scotland respectively.
Mairi Levack, who this year received honorary life membership by Scottish Athletics, becomes a BEM for services to sport and young people on the Islands of North Uist, Benbecula and South Uist.
