Kirsty Burrows is Associate Director of Health, Medicine and Science at the International Olympic Committee, overseeing the IOCs commitment, strategy and approach to addressing interpersonal violence in and through sport and the protection and promotion of mental health and well-being across the Olympic Movement.
A recognised authority in athlete welfare, interpersonal violence, mental health, wellbeing and the role of sport in addressing systemic public health issues, Kirsty co-authored the IOC Mental Health in Elite Athletes Toolkit (2021) and authored the IOC Safeguarding Toolkit (2017). She has contributed to key academic works, including the Routledge International Handbook on Athlete Welfare, and served as Academic Director for the IOC Certificate: Safeguarding Officer in Sport programme (2021–2024). She represents the IOC on the Board of the International Safeguards for Children in Sport, is a member of the Council of Europe’s Pool of Experts in Safe Sport.
Kirsty holds a first-class honours degree in Physiotherapy and an international master’s in Management, Law, and Humanities of Sport, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Athlete Human Rights at Canterbury Christ Church University.