Swimming
Johnson wins World Championships bronze
University of Bath-based swimmer Liz Johnson has won a bronze medal at the IPC Swimming World Championships in Holland.
The 25-year-old swimmer came home third in the SB6 100m breaststroke final in Eindhoven last night (Monday).
Gold went to America’s Mallory Weggemann in a world record time of 1:35.51, with Britain’s Charlotte …
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
Jamieson named in Scotland Commonwealth Games team
University of Bath-based swimmer Michael Jamieson has been named in Scotland’s swimming team for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games.
The 22-year-old breaststroker is coached by David McNulty at the British Gas ITC Bath. He is a member of the 21-strong swimming squad named by Commonwealth Games Scotland for the Games.
Jamieson will …
Monday, August 2nd, 2010
Swimmer Webb features on Points West
University of Bath Swimming Club swimmer Richard Webb was featured on BBC’s Points West programme on Friday.
The 23-year-old swimmer is preparing to represent England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, which take place in Delhi in October.
Points West filmed Webb during a typical training days. Webb has a degree in Sports …
Monday, June 28th, 2010
University-based athletes win three silvers at Paralympic World Cup
University of Bath-based athletes collected three silver medals at the BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester.
Sprinter Katrina Hart, a University of Bath Sports Performance student, won a brace of silvers in the T36/T37 100m and 200m. She was beaten on both occasions by Germany’s Maria Seifert, the bronze medallist over …
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
Trio to compete at European Championships
Three University of Bath-based swimmers have been selected to represent Great Britain at the European Championships, which take place in Budapest in August.
Stacey Tadd and Richard Webb are University of Bath Swimming Club members and compete in Budapest ahead of representing England at Commonwealth Games in October.
Michael Jamieson, who trains …
Friday, May 28th, 2010
Bath forced me out of comfort zone but is making me a better swimmer, says Johnson
Paralympic champion Liz Johnson says moving to train at the University of Bath took her out of her comfort zone - making her a better swimmer.
Liz, who is coached at the University of Bath by Mark Skimming, says being surrounded by top athletes from a wide range of sports makes …
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
Trio selected for England Commonwealth Games team
Three University of Bath-based swimmers were today (Tuesday) selected by Commonwealth Games England to compete at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
University of Bath swimmers Stacey Tadd and Richard Webb were named among 29 swimmers selected to represent England in Delhi, as was Chris Walker-Hebborn, who trains at the …
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
Stacey storms to gold
Stacey Tadd produced an impressive performance to take gold in the 200m breaststroke at the British Gas Swimming Championships in Sheffield last night.
Stacey is one of the big University of Bath-based successes of the championships so far – the championships conclude on Sunday. Liz Johnson, Ian Hulme, James Doolan, Richard …
Thursday, April 1st, 2010
Chinese Olympic champion trains in Bath
Liu Zige, one of the world’s top swimmers and China’s only swimming gold medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, has spent two weeks training at British Swimming’s Intensive Training Centre at the University of Bath.
Liu set a world record to strike gold in the 200m butterfly at the Beijing …
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
TeamBath aim to slay Celtic Dragons
TeamBath aim to make it three wins from three in the Co-operative Netball Superleague this season when they host Celtic Dragons at the University of Bath Sports Training Village on Friday 15th January.
The bout of severe winter weather has meant two of TeamBath’s games have been postponed this season, restricting …
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
