Mike Darcey, the head of British Gymnastics, believes that an independent welfare body will help in supporting athletes.
In a statement on Tuesday, Darcey said many sports lack resources to safeguard athletes.
"We love to watch our sporting heroes compete and triumph on the world stage, but we also expect that the pursuit of success is accompanied by high standards of athlete welfare," said Darcey.
"Sadly, many sporting bodies are struggling to deliver on these expectations, for reasons of resource, expertise and perceptions of bias,
"The solution, I believe, is to establish a new independent body to ensure athlete welfare across all sports," he said.
Sport England, which helps develop community sport, and UK Sport, responsible for investing in Olympic and Paralympic sport, introduced safeguarding measures in the wake of the Whyte Review, an independent investigation published in June 2022 that found numerous cases of mistreatment in gymnastics.
"The issues raised by this backlog, and the parallels we are seeing in other sports, lead us to call for a centralised independent body to prioritise the welfare and safeguarding of athletes across all sports," Darcey emphasised.
The British federations for athletics, swimming, cycling and bobsleigh are among the sports which have also faced allegations of maltreatment of athletes in recent years.
The United States is among countries which have a centralised body - the U.S. Center for SafeSport - to handle abuse complaints.
- Input from Reuters