University of Bath Sports Performance graduate Gemma Gibbons today (Thursday) won Britain’s first Olympic judo medal for 12 years when she collected silver in the women’s under-78kg class at the London 2012 Games. Gemma, who graduated from the University in 2009, made sure of a medal by beating France’s reigning World Champion Audrey Tcheumeo with an Ippon golden score in the semi-finals. That set up a final against Kayla Harrison of the USA, who had...
Members of Russia’s athletics team became the last athletes to head to the London 2012 Olympic Games at the end of their preparation camp at the University of Bath this morning (Wednesday). The Russians took part in a 10-day training stint at the University and are now joining up with the rest of the team in London. They took the oppourtnity to meet up with the Bath Bullet – Olympic 4x100m gold medallist Jason Gardener...
World champions Dai Greene and Mhairi Spence head an impressive list of 25 athletes preparing to compete at the London 2012 Olympic Games who train at the University of Bath. Athletes who train at the University will compete in seven different sports at the Games – athletics, badminton, beach volleyball, judo, modern pentathlon, rhythmic gymnastics and swimming. The vast majority of Bath-based athletes at London 2012 will represent Great Britain, with one each for Egypt...
Four University of Bath-based athletes were today (Tuesday) named in the ParalympicsGB athletics team to compete at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The quartet includes two reigning world champions – Katrina Hart and Paul Blake – as well as Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games silver medallist Ben Rushgrove. Sophie Kamlish completes the quartet – she turns 16 just before the Paralympic Games. All four are coached at the University by Rob Ellchuk, who is an Economic...
University of Bath-based hurdler Dai Greene said it is an ‘incredible privilege’ to be asked to captain the GB athletics team at the London 2012 Olympics Games. Greene is the reigning World, European and Commonwealth champion over 400m hurdles and is aiming to add the Olympic title to his collection. UK Athletics announced today (Monday) that the 26-year-old will take on the captaincy duties of the 78-strong team. It is the second time he has...
World, European and Commonwealth champion 400m hurdler Dai Greene features in the 71-strong athletics team, which was announced today (Tuesday). He is selected for both the 400m hurdles and the 4x400m relay team. Greene is joined in both events by training partner Jack Green. The University of Bath Sports Performance student is one of the youngest members of the team, aged just 20. The pair are coached by Malcolm Arnold, UK Athletics National Event Coach...
Two University of Bath based athletes collected bronze medals on the third day of the IPC European Paralympic Athletics Championships in Holland. Paul Blake ran a pb and dipped beneath his old world record with a run of 2:06.81 in the T36 800m. That gave him third in a high quality race won by Russia’s Evgenii Shvetcov in a new global best of 2:05.05. He said: “I don’t think I went off too quick, but...
Five University of Bath-based hurdlers each took a step closer to competing at the London 2012 Olympic Games with impressive performances at this weekend’s Aviva Trials. Dai Greene, Jack Green, Eilidh Child, Andrew Pozzi and Lawrence Clarke all achieved top two finishes at the trials in Birmingham and have the A qualification times for their events. The five are all coached by Malcolm Arnold, UK Athletics National Event Coach Hurdles. All five look set to...
University of Bath based athletes across a range of sports face a big week of action as they aim to pursue their Olympic dreams. Swimmers based at Team Bath have their next opportunity to qualify berths on the GB Olympic team when they compete at the British Gas ASA Nationals in Sheffield. The Nationals get underway tomorrow (Wednesday) and conclude on Saturday (23 June). Some 37 GB athletes – including the Bath-based trio of Michael...
Katrina Hart struck double gold as University of Bath-based athletes collected five medals at the BT Paralympic World Cup competition in Manchester. Hart, a reigning Commonwealth and World Champion, completed a sprint double in the T37 100m and 200m. The 23-year-old University of Bath Sports Performance graduate looked in impressive form as she took the 100m title in 14.43 seconds and followed that up with 30.14 to take gold over 200m, running against quality fields...
