1
In a study involving young people
who had been persistently bullied,
22% said that bullying made them
give up their interests.
(Beatbullying, 2010)
2
Who watched coverage of the
2012 Olympics over the
summer?
3
Even those who didn’t see any
of it will have no doubt heard
about the brilliant Team GB…
4
Who finished 3rd in the medals table with
an amazing 29 Gold, 17 Silver and 19
Bronze medals.
5
6
These athletes may be heroes
all around the world but their
paths to success haven’t all
been plain sailing…
7
18 year old Tom Daley
was bullied at school
when he was 14, after
returning from the Beijing
Olympics in 2008.
8
Threats to “break
his legs” made his
parents worry that
bullying would
affect his
performance and
training for London
2012.
9
Daley gave a great performance at
London2012 in the synchronised
diving but sadly missed out on a
medal.
Despite ‘giving it his all’, one person
thought this gave them the right to
send a hurtful comment to his Twitter
account, telling him he had let his
deceased father down.
10
11
So, what did Tom do…?
He could have given up on his dreams, let
the bullies win and throw away his passion
and talent for diving
12
Far from it…
With the help and support of his family,
Daley had the last laugh and won a bronze
medal this summer.
13
In the weeks before
the 2012 Olympics
began, internet
‘trolls’ began posting
rude comments about
Rebecca Adlington’s
appearance on social
network sites.
14
Rather than keep it to herself and let it
have a negative effect on her performance,
Adlington blocked her Twitter Account in
the build-up to London 2012 to avoid
being distracted by negative messages.
15
She then went
on to win a
bronze medal
in her 400m
freestyle
event.
16
The 23 year old
Olympic swimmer
then took the
courageous step in
speaking openly to
the press about her
decision to take a
stand against cyber
bullying.
17
Did anyone watch the
Paralympics 2012 coverage?
18
For those who didn’t, here
are some of Great Britain’s
amazing, talented athletes…
19
Ellie Simmonds is swimmer and Gold
medalist and has a form of dwarfism.
20
Jonnie Peacock, 100m runner, Gold
medalist had his lower left leg amputated
aged 5 following meningitis.
21
All of the Paralympians who
competed have had to overcome
numerous physical barriers and
challenges in order to become the
successful athletes they are today.
22
Some have had to
overcome other barriers
as well, such as
bullying…
23
Sarah Storey, who was
born without the use of
her left hand, was bullied
as a child for her sporting
successes.
24
Sarah had the last laugh,
winning a gold medal in
cycling in the 2012
Paralympics.
25
Other than being great athletes,
what all these people have in
common is the courage and
determination to not let bullying
stop them doing the things they
enjoy and are good at.
26
Find your courage and ALWAYS speak
out and get help if you are being bullied.
Everyone has the right to participate,
no matter what barriers they may
face.
You never know, it could be you at Rio 2016!

27
“We’re better
without
Bullying”.
28