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...
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...
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 look set to be...
University of Bath graduate Lee Merrien has been selected to run the marathon for Great Britain at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Lee graduated from the University with an HND in Coach Education and Sports Performance in 2004. The Guernsey-based athlete was the first British runner home at the 2012 London Marathon, finishing in 17th in a personal best time of 2:13.41. He wasn’t initially nominated by UK Athletics for a place on the GB...
Staff, students and athletes at the University of Bath have paid tribute to Bath’s newest World Champion at a reception for Dai Greene. Greene produced an outstanding performance to strike gold in the 400m hurdles at the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea on 1st September. It means Greene has added the World title to the European and Commonwealth crowns he won last year. He was officially welcomed back to his Sports Training Village training...
University of Bath-based Dai Greene produced an outstanding performance to strike 400m hurdles gold at the World Championships in South Korea today (Thursday). It means Greene, who is coached by Malcolm Arnold – UK Athletics National Events Coach – Hurdles, adds the World crown to the European and Commonwealth titles he won last year. Greene becomes only the seventh British man to win gold in individual event at an athletics World Championships. His medal is...
University of Bath-based Paralympic athlete Paul Blake set a world record at the London Disability Athletics Grand Prix in Crystal Palace. Blake broke the previous world record held by Artem Arefyev by 0.81 seconds, shaving 2.4 seconds off his own personal best time. He cut the world record to 2:08.02. The twenty-one year old from Dorchester was quite shocked by his time. “I thought it was around the 2:09 mark,” he said, “but was amazed...
University of Bath based Jack Green, Danny Talbot and Lawrence Clarke all picked up medals this weekend at the European Athletics Under-23 Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Each of them performed strongly on the track to bring home medals in their events. Jack Green, coached by UK Athletics National Events Coach for Hurdles Malcolm Arnold, won gold in the 400m hurdles with a time of 49.13 defeating Great Britain team-mate Nathan Woodward by 0.15 seconds....
University of Bath-based athlete Paul Blake rounded off his campaign at the International Paralympic Committee World Athletics Championships by striking gold in the T36 400m. Blake added gold on Saturday to the silvers he had already won in the 800m and 1500m on his overseas debut. It took the medal tally achieved by the University of Bath-based trio of Blake, Katrina Hart and Ben Rushgrove to eight of the 38 medals won by the Aviva...
