Editor’s note: The World Class Program of UK Athletics will have sixty-two athletes in 2027. Stuart Weir wrote a piece on how the program works.
Here is the list on the WCP for 2027:
2027 World Class Programme:
Olympic Podium
Amber Anning (Brighton & Hove)
Dina Asher-Smith (Blackheath & Bromley)
Max Burgin (club: Halifax Harriers, coach: Ian Burgin)
Emile Cairess (Leeds City, Renato Canova)
Molly Caudery (Thames Valley, Scott Simpson)
Keely Hodgkinson (Leigh, Trevor Painter)
Amy Hunt (Marco Airale)
Georgia Hunter Bell (Belgrave Harriers, Trevor Painter)
Zharnel Hughes (Shaftesbury Barnet, Glen Mills)
Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Liverpool, Aston Moore)
Josh Kerr (Edinburgh, Danny Mackey)
Morgan Lake (Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow, Yannick Tregaro)
Scott Lincoln (City of York, Dale Stevenson)
Laura Muir (Dundee Hawkhill, Laura Weightman)
Daryll Neita (Cambridge Harriers, Lance Brauman)
Jade O’Dowda (Newham and Essex Beagles, John Lane)
Ben Pattison (Basingstoke & Mid Hants, Dave Ragan)
Jemma Reekie (Kilbarchan, Jon Bigg)
Jazmin Sawyers (City of Stoke, Aston Moore)
Jake Wightman (Edinburgh, John Hartigan)
Matthew Hudson-Smith (Birchfield Harriers, Gary Evans)
Olympic Podium Potential
Charlie Dobson (Colchester)
Tyri Donovan (Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow, Marina Armstrong)
Success Eduan (Sale Harriers Manchester, Anita Richardson)
Romell Glave (Croydon, Michael Afilaka)
Neil Gourley (Giffnock North, Stephen Haas)
Megan Keith (Inverness, Ross Cairns)
Mahamed Mahamed (Southampton, Idris Hamud)
George Mills (Brighton Phoenix, Thomas Dreißigacker)
Emily Newnham (Shaftesbury Barnet, Nick Dakin)
Hannah Nuttall (Charnwood AC, Helen Clitheroe)
Jake Norris (Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow, Nick Ridgeon)
Tade Ojora (Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow)
Elise Thorner (Yeovil Olympiad, Helen Clitheroe)
Olympic Relay
Jeremiah Azu (Cardiff, Helen James)
Lewis Davey (Newham & Essex Beagles, Trevor Painter)
Toby Harries (Brighton Phoenix, David Sadkin)
Alex Haydock-Wilson (Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow)
Desiree Henry (Enfield & Haringey)
Louie Hinchliffe (Sheffield & Dearne, Carl Lewis)
Yemi Mary John (Woodford Green Essex Ladies, Alan James)
Imani-Lara Lansiquot (Marco Airale)
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (Newham & Essex Beagles, Michael Afilaka)
Lina Nielsen (Shaftesbury Barnet, Jack Green)
Laviai Nielsen (Enfield & Haringey)
Sam Reardon (Blackheath & Bromley, Nigel Stickings)
Nicole Yeargin (Pitreavie, Gregory Sholars)
Olympic Relay Confirmation
Lee Thompson (Sheffield & Dearne, John Henson)
Olympic Confirmation
Sam Bennett (Basildon AC, Steven Surety)*
Joel Clarke-Khan (Thames Valley Harriers, Deirdre Elmhirst)*
Patrick Dever (Preston, Alastair Cragg)
Abbie Donnelly (Lincoln Wellington AC, Chris Jones)*
Phoebe Gill (St Albans, Mark Rowland)
Calli Hauger-Thackery (Hallamshire, Nick Hauger)
Charlotte Henrich (Invicta East Kent, Nigel Stickings)*
Owen Heard (Harrow AC, Kate Rooney)*
Kimani Jack (Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers, Ryan Bailey)*
Arlo Ludewick (Herne Hill Harriers, Norman Poole)*
Stephen Mackenzie (Edinburgh AC)*
Jake Minshall (Coventry Godiva Harriers, James Wright)*
Abigail Pawlett (Trafford, Ashley Bryant)
Marcia Sey (Blackheath & Bromley, David Oliver)*
Relay Support Package
Ben Jefferies (Bristol and West AC)*
Those athletes with * by their name are new to the 2027 programme
