Melissa’s been a part of the GB Rowing Team since 2014 and in March 2020 was selected in their Olympic Squad for the Tokyo Olympics (prior to its postponement). Since April 2020 she’s worked as part of Champions for Earth to increase the impact that athletes can have on sustainability. Last September she helped mobilise over 300 GB Olympians and Paralympians – including household names like Mo Farah, Paula Radcliffe, Steve Redgrave, the Brownlee brothers and Becky Adlington – in a letter to the PM about a green recovery, and since early 2021 has been working to make Team GB’s participation in the Olympics have a net-positive environmental impact. Her main focus is unlocking the power of athletes as role models for sustainability and advocates for the planet.
