Student-athlete Charlie Brown called into Team GB modern pentathlon squad for Paris 2024 Olympic Games

22 July 2024

University of Bath student Charlie Brown has been called into the Team GB modern pentathlon squad for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games as an injury replacement for Pentathlon GB team-mate Myles Pillage.

Brown, who studies Sports Management and Coaching, will make his Olympic debut alongside reigning champion Joe Choong in the men’s competition, which starts on Thursday 8th August with the final on Saturday 10th.

“I am incredibly grateful for this opportunity,” said the 21-year-old who began studying and training at the University in September 2021, the month after Choong and Kate French won Olympic gold in Tokyo.

“To compete at an Olympic Games this early on in my career is something I am very proud of. I am extremely gutted for my team-mate and friend, Myles. He is an incredible athlete, who works exceptionally hard, and I wish him all the best with his recovery.

“I have worked really hard over the last few years leading up to Paris, with the aim to compete for Team GB for the Los Angeles 2028 Games. My results have really accelerated since my senior debut 18 months ago and I am so excited to represent Team GB and give it all I’ve got for the team.”

Pillage, a Biochemistry graduate, sustained a calf injury at the World Championships four weeks ago and, despite intensive rehabilitation, re-injured his calf upon returning to training.

Team GB Modern Pentathlon Team Leader Georgina Harland MBE said, “For Myles to have his dream of competing at the Olympic Games taken away from him due to injury is devastating. He has been such a valued member of the Performance squad throughout his career and fully deserved his place in Paris. We all wish him well in his recovery and will do all we can to support him through this.

“This has given Charlie an incredible opportunity which I know he will grasp. He is a great athlete with so much potential and has been preparing alongside the team, so we are confident he is ready to perform.”

Brown, Choong, French and Kerenza Bryson, all based at Pentathlon GB’s National Training Centre at the Team Bath Sports Training Village, are the four Team GB pentathletes selected for Paris.

Four current University of Bath students will be competing at the Olympics, which get under way on Friday 26th July – Brown, Kate Shortman (artistic swimming, International Management and Modern Languages (French)), Henriques Mascarenhas (swimming, Chemical Engineering) and Ridhwan Mohamed (swimming, Automotive Engineering with Business Management). Leah Crisp (marathon swimming) was an Economics and Mathematics student at the time of her Team GB selection and graduated this summer.

Click here to see a full list of athletes selected for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games who train, study or studied at the University of Bath.

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