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Spence & Murray achieve Olympic qualifying standard with World Championships gold and bronze
University of Bath graduate Mhairi Spence achieved the London 2012 Olympic qualifying standard in style by winning gold at the Modern Pentathlon World Championships in Rome today (Saturday). And there was further success for the British team with University of Bath student Samantha Murray producing a terrific finish to take bronze...
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Bath trio win bronze on opening day of World Champs
Great Britain opened their campaign at the 2012 Modern Pentathlon World Championships by taking bronze in the women’s team relay. The trio of Katy Burke, Kate French and Katy Livingston, who train at the Pentathlon GB High Performance Centre at the University of Bath, came home in third place behind Germany...
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Murray wins first World Cup medal with bronze in Russia
University of Bath student Samantha Murray collected the first Modern Pentathlon World Cup medal of her career when she took bronze in Russia on Saturday. The 22-year-old French and Politics student followed up her fourth place in Hungary a week ago and sixth in the USA last month with the best...
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Murray equals her World Cup best
University of Bath student Samantha Murray equalled the best performance of her modern pentathlon career but just missed out on the medals in Hungary at the weekend. The French and Politics student finished fourth at the World Cup in Szazhalombatta, equaling her best World Cup finish achieved in Budapest two years...
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Spence wins silver at opening World Cup of 2012
University of Bath graduate Mhairi Spence made a terrific start to her 2012 campaign by winning the silver medal at the opening Modern Pentathlon World Cup of the year. The Coach Education and Sports Development graduate finished second behind Lena Schoneborn, Germany’s Olympic champion, in the competition at Charlotte in North...
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Murray strikes gold in Budapest
University of Bath French and Politics student Samantha Murray continued her impressive start to 2012 by winning the Hungarian Indoor Championships in Budapest at the weekend. And there was further good news for Great Britain with Beijing 2008 Olympic modern pentathlete and University of Bath alumni Katy Livingston taking bronze. Murray followed...
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Heather opens Sport and Fashion exhibition
Olympic silver medal winning modern pentathlete Heather Fell took a break from her build-up to the 2012 season to open a Sport and Fashion Exhibition at Bath and North East Somerset Council’s Fashion Museum. The Beijing 2008 Olympian and former world number one was asked to perform the honours at the...
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Sarah Brown and Lorraine Kelly prepare for pentathlon charity challenge
Sarah Brown and Lorraine Kelly are going head-to-head in the ultimate Olympic challenge when they tackle a modern pentathlon at the University of Bath to raise money for the charity PiggyBankKids. Sarah is President of PiggyBankKids having founded the charity (charity registration number is 1092312) in 2002 with the aim of...
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Heather presents BBC West sports programme
Olympic medal winning modern pentathlete Heather Fell turns TV presenter this weekend when she co-presents BBC One West’s Olympic Dreams programme this Sunday (22 January). The Beijing 2008 silver medallist and former world number one, who trains at the Pentathlon GB high performance centre at the University of...
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Bath-based athletes secure awards
University of Bath-based athletes Jamie Cooke, Paula Walker and Rebekah Wilson are celebrating being named winners of the British Olympic Association athlete of the year awards for their sports. Modern pentathlete Jamie Cooke received his award at the end of a stunning year that saw him achieve the London 2012 qualifying...
