'''UK Sport''' is the government agency responsible for investing in Olympic and Paralympic sport in the UK<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-sport|title=UK Sport|work=GOV.UK|access-date=2018-12-03|language=en}}</ref>. It is an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the [[Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport|Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport]]<ref name=":0" />.
It was created following a "rock bottom" showing at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] where [[Team GB]] won just one solitary gold medal<ref>{{Cite web|url=httphttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/jul/24/london-2012-team-gb-atlanta|title=London 2012: how Team GB's fortunes turned around after disaster in Atlanta|last=Gibson|first=Owen|date=2012-07-24|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-12-03}}</ref>. Team GB and [[British Paralympic Association|Paralympics GB]] went on to place third in the medal table at [[2012 Summer Olympics|London 2012]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/19232685|title=London 2012: Team GB finish third in Olympic medal table|date=2012-08-12|work=BBC Sport|access-date=2018-12-03|language=en-GB}}</ref> and second in the table at [[2016 Summer Paralympics|Rio 2016]]. <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37150155|title=Rio Olympics 2016: How did Team GB make history?|date=2016-08-22|work=BBC Sport|access-date=2018-12-03|language=en-GB}}</ref>
