Claire Heafford Interview: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG 07/04/2026
SANDRA SCHMIDT
G4CI are proud to be featured in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, one of Europe’s leading newspapers. In this powerful interview, our Founder and CEO Claire Heafford shares a survivor-led perspective on why top performances are possible without harming athletes and what needs to change on a systemic level to uphold their rights.
Claire Heafford Interview: die tageszeitung
DIE TAGESZEITUNG 12/04/2026
SANDRA SCHMIDT
G4CI are proud to be featured in TAZ, headquartered in Berlin. In this hard-hitting interview, Claire talks in depth about the goal of G4CI to apply pressure and bring lasting change to gymnastics. A key topic covered includes the challenges of dismissing coaches across Europe and why a list of banned coaches is essential for transparency.
Has British Gymnastics cleaned up its act: The Sports Agents
GLOBAL PLAYER THE SPORTS AGENTS 21/10/2025
GABBY LOGAN & MARK CHAPMAN
Joseph Carr, Senior Associate in The Abuse Team at Bolt Burdon Kemp, speaks to Gabby and Mark about the gymnasts he is representing as they bring abuse cases forward through the Independent Complaints Process (ICP) set up by British Gymnastics in the wake of The Whyte Review. G4CI, as a trauma-informed organisation, provided support to the 44 survivor complainants across this process.
Sportswomen of the Year, Claire Heafford’s mission to rid gymnastics of abuse: The Sunday Times
THE SUNDAY TIMES 05/11/2022
JOHN AIZELWOOD
“I grew up in what felt like a Soviet training camp,” says Claire Heafford — “but it was in the Home Counties.”
Report Shows Darker Side of the Sport:
BBC Sport
BBC SPORT 17/06/2022
NATALIE PIRKS AND DAN ROAN
Anne Whyte's shocking report into the "systemic" physical and emotional abuse of young athletes is a devastating blow to the reputation of gymnastics. Former elite gymnast and lead advocate, G4CI, Nicole Pavier Carr speaks to BBC Sport’s Natalie Pirks following the release of the report.
Claire Heafford Reacts to Independent Review of British Gymnastics:
CNN
CNN 17/06/2022
AMANDA DAVIES
Claire Heafford, former gymnast and co-founder of Gymnasts for Change, speaks to CNN Sport’s Amanda Davies in light of the Whyte Review. She recommends legislative change and the mandatory reporting of abuse.
Gymnasts for Change Sets out the Measures Needed to End Abuse: The Times
THE SUNDAY TIMES 19/06/2022
CLAIRE HEAFFORD
Claire Heafford founder of G4CI sets out the measures needed to end abuse in a new era for sport.
The Whyte Review: Sky Sports News
SKY SPORTS NEWS 17/06/2022
TOM PARMENTER
Following the publication of the Whyte Review, G4CI founding elite athletes Nicole Pavier Carr and Jennifer Mcllveen (née Pinches) OLY speak out about the culture of fear and silence.
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