Natalie Dunman

Natalie Dunman is currently the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association’s Executive Performance Director, leading both the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton programmes throughout their journey to the 2026 Olympic Winter Games and guiding the team to a brace of gold medals in Milan Cortina.

Having worked in the UK High Performance Sports system since 2003, Natalie joined the BBSA as Performance Director for British Skeleton in 2019, before stepping up to take charge of the bobsleigh programme partway through the 2026 Olympic cycle.

Natalie moved to the BBSA from UK Sport, where she had been Head of Performance Pathways since 2013. Formerly Lead Talent Scientist at the English Institute of Sport, Natalie’s role with UK Sport saw her tasked with supporting sports to build world leading pathway programmes, as well as developing cutting edge initiatives in athlete development and progression, to ensure the country’s continued success at future Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Natalie’s main areas of interest and expertise are in building, leading and coaching high performing teams; developing and delivering high performance strategy and performance planning; and talent identification and development.