9th February 2021

UK ATHLETICS AGREE PARTNERSHIP WITH HEALTHSPAN ELITE

UK Athletics have agreed a partnership with Healthspan Elite who will become the organisation’s Official Sports Nutrition Supplier.

Through the three-year partnership, high-performance athletes on the Olympic and Paralympic World Class Programme (WCP) will be able to access the highest quality, Informed-Sport accredited, and batch-tested vitamins, and supplements to support their nutritional needs.

Healthspan Elite offers a broad range of products with multivitamins, fish oils, turmeric and protein powders, all popular among high performance athletes.

With over 25 years expertise working alongside the UK’s leading nutrition experts, Healthspan Elite have a sports portfolio which includes Tottenham Hotspur, The All Blacks, British Cycling and British Swimming.

Tommy Yule, Head of Performance Support at UK Athletics, said:

“Good nutrition is an essential part of an athlete’s daily routine which assists their training, health, recovery and performance. So, it is excellent news that through this partnership, athletes on the British Athletics World Class Programme have the opportunity to access a comprehensive range of high quality, batch-tested sport supplements to support their nutrition needs.”

Healthspan Sales & Marketing Director Chris Fisher said:

“For several years we have been supplying Britain’s best athletes with our batch-tested, Elite vitamins and supplements. It feels very natural to now make our relationship official so we are delighted to have been chosen as British Athletics’ preferred sports nutrition & vitamin supplier. With so many athletic disciplines that all require different nutrition strategies, our range is perfectly suited to allow the athletes and their nutrition team to choose the products that best meet their wellbeing and performance needs.

“We look forward to playing our part in the athlete’s successes and working closely with the team at British Athletics to promote the positive benefits of staying active and good nutrition to the wider British public.”

Find out more about Healthspan Elite, here: https://www.healthspanelite.co.uk/about-us

There is more information on UK Athletics’ Supplements Position statement, here: https://www.uka.org.uk/governance/clean-athletics/uk-athletics-supplement-position-statement/

The sponsorship agreement between UK Athletics and Healthspan was brokered and contracted by The Sports Consultancy’s rights marketing and legal teams.