These athletes were either born, raised or live in Yorkshire.

Name: Andy Hodge
Age: 29
Lives: Chiswick
Born: Skipton
Sport: Rowing, men's four
Olympic champions: Great Britain
Honours: 2005, 2006 world champions, 2003 world championship bronze medallist
Olympic appearances: second - 2004 (9th)

Name: Debbie Flood
Age: 28
Lives: Henley
Born: Harrogate
Sport: Rowing, women's quadruple sculls
Olympic champions: Germany
Honours: 2006, 2007 world champions, 2004 Olympic silver medallist
Olympic appearances: second - 2004 (silver)

Name: Carla Ashford
Age: 29
Lives: Brentford
Born: Northallerton
Sport: Rowing, women's eight
Olympic champions: Romania
Honours: 2007 world championship bronze medallist
Olympic appearances: debut

Name: Paul Goodison
Age: 30
Lives: Weymouth
Born: Rotherham
Event: Sailing, laser class
Olympic Champion: Robert Scheidt (Bra)
Honours: 2007, 2006 European Championships gold, 2007, 2006 Olympic test event gold, 2004 Olympics fourth
Olympic appearances: second - 2004 (fourth)

Name: Joanne Jackson
Age: 21
Lives: Richmond
Born: Northallerton
Event: Swimming, 400m and 4x200m relay
Olympic Champion: 200m Laure Manaudou (Fra); 4x200m USA
Honours: 2008 World Championships bronze, 2006 Commonwealth Games double silver medallist
Olympic appearances: second - 2004 (heats)

Name: Alistair Brownlee
Age: 20
Lives: Leeds
Born: Dewsbury
Event: Triathlon
Olympic Champion: Hamish Carter (NZ)
Honours: 2008 U23 World champion, 2006 Junior World champion
Olympic appearances: debut

Name: Ed Clancy
Age: 23
Lives: Newton-le-Willows
Born: Huddersfield
Sport: Cycling, team pursuit
2004 Olympic champions: Australia
Honours: 2005, 2007, 2008 World Track Champions, 2006 European Under-23 Track Championships bronze medallist
Olympic appearances: debut

Name: Emily Freeman
Age: 27
Lives: Rotherham
Born: Huddersfield
Event: 200m and 4x100m
Olympic Champion: 200m - Veronica Campbell (Jamaica); 4x100m - Jamaica
Honours: 2006 European Championship 4x100m silver
Olympic appearances: debut

Name: Martyn Bernard
Age: 23
Lives: London
Born: Wakefield
Event: High Jump
Olympic Champion: Stefan Holm (Sweden)
Honours: 2006 Commonwealth Games silver, 2007 European Indoor bronze
Olympic appearances: debut

Name: Ben Swain
Age: 22
Lives: Sheffield
Born: Welwyn Garden City
Events: Diving, Springboard synchro (3m) and individual (3m)
Olympic Champion: synchro - Thomas Bimis and Nikolaos Siranidis (Gre), individual Peng Bo (Chi)
Honours: three-time medallist in Diving World Series
Olympic appearances: debut

Name: Hayley Sage
Age: 22
Lives: Sheffield (student)
Born: Welwyn Garden City
Events: Diving, Women's Springboard synchro (3m)
Olympic Champion: Wu Minxia and Guo Jingjing (Chi)
Honours: 2006 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist
Olympic appearances: debut

Name: Tandi Gerrard
Age: 30
Lives: Leeds
Born: Johannesburg
Events: Diving, synchronised springboard
Olympic Champion: Wu Minxia and Guo Jingjing (Chi)
Honours: 2004 Olympics fourth, 2006 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist
Olympic appearances: second - 2004

Name: Rebecca Gallantree
Age: 24 (on August 19)
Lives: Leeds
Born: Chelmsford
Events: Diving, Women's Springboard individual (3m)
Olympic Champion: Guo Jingjing (Chi)
Honours: 2007 Diving World Series fourth
Olympic appearances: debut

Name: James Kirton
Age: 23
Lives: Barnsley
Born: Barnsley
Events: Swimming, 200m breaststroke
Olympic Champion: Kosuke Kitajima (Jap)
Honours: 2007 European Championships sixth
Olympic appearances: debut

Name: Lizzie Simmonds
Age: 17
Lives: Lincoln
Born: Beverley
Events: Swimming, 100m and 200m backstroke
Olympic Champion: 100m Natalie Coughlin (USA), 200m Kirsty Coventry (Zim)
Honours: 20089 World Short Course Championships silver (200m)
Olympic appearances: debut

Name: Richard Buck
Age: 21
Lives: Grimsby
Born: North Ferriby
Events: Athletics, 4x400m
Olympic Champion: USA
Honours: former 2007 World Championships relay sixth, 2008 Indoor UK gold
Olympic appearances: debut

Name: Hattie Dean
Age: 26
Lives: Sheffield
Born: Oxford
Events: Athletics, 3,000m steeplechase
Olympic Champion: No race in 2004
Honours: 2006 UK champions, 2006 World Univers ity Games fourth
Olympic appearances: debut

Name: Ben Swift
Age: 20
Lives: Sheffield
Born: Rotherham
Events: Cycling, Men's road race
Olympic Champion: Paolo Bettini (Ita)
Honours: 2007 Tour of Britain King of the Mountains
Olympic appearances: debut

Name: Michael Whitaker
Age: 48
Lives: Nottingham
Born: Huddersfield
Events: Equestrian, showjumping team and individual
Olympic Champion: individual - Rodrigo Pessoa on Baloubet du Rouet (Bra), team - USA
Honours: 1984 Olympic silver medallist (team), three-time European champion (team)
Olympic appearances: fifth - 2000, 96, 92, 84

Name: John Whitaker
Age: 53
Lives: Huddersfield
Born: Huddersfield
Events: Equestrian, showjumping individual and team
Olympic Champion: individual - Rodrigo Pessoa on Baloubet du Rouet (Bra), team - USA
Honours: 1984 Olympic silver medallist (team), three-time European champion (team)
Olympic appearances: fifth - 2000, 1996, 1992, 1984 (silver)

Name: Barry Middleton
Age: 24
Lives: Loughborough
Born: Doncaster
Events: Hockey, men's team
Olympic Champion: Australia
Honours: 2003 European Championships bronze
Olympic appearances: second - 2004 (ninth)

Name: Alastair Wilson
Age: 24
Lives: West Bridgford
Born: Sheffield
Events: Hockey, men's team
Olympic Champion: Australia
Honours: 2006 World Cup fifth
Olympic appearances: debut

Name: Joanne Ellis
Age: 24
Lives: Leeds
Born: Leeds
Events: Hockey, women's team
Olympic Champion: Germany
Honours: 2007 Champions Challenge bronze
Olympic appearances: debut

Name: Sarah Stevenson
Age: 25
Lives: Doncaster
Born: Doncaster
Events: Taekwondo - +67kg
Olympic Champion: Chen Zhong (Chi)
Honours: 2001 World Championship gold, three-time European champion
Olympic appearances: third - 2004, 2000

* All eight of the Team GB boxers train at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.

They are:

Khalid Yafai, 19, Birmingham, 51kg flyweight

Joe Murray, 21, Manchester, 54kg bantamweight

Frankie Gavin, Birmingham, 22, 60kg lightweight

Bradley Saunders, 22, Sedgefield, 64kg light welterweight

Billy Joe Saunders, 18, Hertfordshire, 68kg lightweight

James Degale, 22, London, 75kg middleweight

Tony Jeffries, 23, Sunderland, 81kg light heavyweight

David Price (captain), 25, 91kg+ super heavyweight

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