Person Open DS/UK/22996 Slater; Barbara (10 May 1959); OBE; English sports producer and gymnast Slater Barbara 10 May 1959 English sports producer and gymnast Female Barbara Jane Slater Birmingham, England

Barbara Jane Slater OBE is an English sports producer and former gymnast who represented Great Britain at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, where she carried the British flag at the Opening Ceremonies. Slater became the BBC's first female Director of Sport in April 2009. Previous to this, she had been the BBC's Head of Production and Head of General Sports for a number of years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Slater_(sports_producer) ("019) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHAKirkbride 10/28/2019 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 bbf08e09-c581-406f-ae30-a664341a400e