Team Bath judo player Andy Burns is celebrating one of the biggest wins of his career to date after taking World Cup gold in Belarus. The 27-year-old University of Bath Coach Education and Sports Development graduate beat Russia’s Magomedrasul Gashimov in the final of the under-90kg class in Minsk, following earlier victories against opponents from Uzbekistan and Poland. “This is probably the best result of my career along with my European under-23 medal,” said a...
Bath residents turned out in force to pay tribute to the city’s London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic heroes as they toured the city in a celebratory open top bus parade this morning (Wednesday). Twenty athletes took part in the parade – 13 Olympians across seven different sports and seven Paralympians who competed in four sports at London 2012. Bath city centre came to a standstill as residents turned out to cheer on the athletes, who...
Medals, records and some history in the making – that was the University of Bath’s story in the sporting arenas at the London 2012 Olympic Games, where athletes with Bath links had a hand in Great Britain’s first and last medals of the Games. Past and present students and athletes from the University were in impressive form at the Olympics. Some 25 athletes who train at the University were selected to compete across seven sports...
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...
It was a terrific morning in the pool for University of Bath students Michael Jamieson and Andrew Willis at the London 2012 Olympics Games. Michael, a Sports Performance student, set a 200m breaststroke British record in his heat to qualify for tonight’s semis – the first British record in the pool of these Olympic Games. And Chemical Engineering student Andrew equalled his own English record to win his heat and book a berth in the...
Team Bath judo player Emmanuel Nartey made a piece of history today (Monday) by becoming the first judo player to represent Ghana at an Olympic Games. Emmanuel came up against a tough opponent in his round of 32 contest in the under-73kg class in the shape of Holland’s Dex Elmont. The Dutchman arrived at the London 2012 Olympic Games with an impressive track record winning silver at both the 2010 and 2011 World Championships and...
Team GB beach volleyballers Shauna Mullin and Zara Dampney produced a battling performance to win their first ever Olympic match, coming back from a set down to beat Canada at Horse Guards Parade tonight (Sunday). The pair, whose British training base is a the University of Bath, made sure of a winning start to their London 2012 campaign by triumphing a tense deciding set 15-13. The more experienced Canadian pairing of Annie Martin and Marie-Andree...
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...
A future University of Bath student and a member of the University’s alumni feature in the British judo squad for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Gemma Howell is due to start a degree in Sport and Exercise Science at the University at the beginning of the 2012/3 academic year. She was today named in the 14-strong Team GB judo team to compete at the Games, where she will compete in the under-63kg class. "It has...
Former Team Bath judo player Darren Harris had been selected to compete at his second successive Paralympic Games – but this time as a footballer. Darren is a visually impaired athlete and currently does some of his conditioning work at Team Bath. He represented Great Britain in the judo competition at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games and returns to action at London 2012, this time as a member of the Great Britain five-a-side football squad...
