Olympic and Paralympic titles, World Championship success and 27 Commonwealth Games medals are just some of the reasons that 2014 has been another unforgettable year of sport at the University of Bath. And the year ahead promises to be equally memorable, with the Modern Pentathlon European Championships and Australia’s Rugby World Cup squad both being hosted at the Sports Training Village. The undoubted highlight of 2014 came on Valentine’s Day when British Skeleton star Lizzy...
University of Bath graduate and reigning modern pentathlon world champion Samantha Murray told Sky Sports how she’s driven by the challenge of competing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Murray, who already has a silver medal from the London 2012 Olympic Games under her belt, trains at the Pentathlon GB National Training Centre at the University of Bath. The University hosts the 2015 European Championships from 17 to 23 August – where the top eight...
An array of talented young student athletes from across 12 sports have been awarded University of Bath scholarships. Among the 2014 scholars are athletes who have already represented their countries at Commonwealth Games, World Under-23 Championships and European Youth Championships. University of Bath students with the potential to succeed both academically and in their chosen sport can apply for the scholarships, which are awarded each year. The scholarships are supported by alumni and friends of...
Athletes competing in athletics, judo, modern pentathlon, rugby and swimming are the latest winners of the Team Bath athlete of the month awards. The winners of awards, which are supported by Oakley and Ellis & Killpartrick, once again showed the breadth of sporting talent at the University of Bath. Our latest winners covered the months of June, July and August. Modern pentathlete Kate French and rugby player Freddie Clarke collected the awards for June. Kate...
University of Bath-based modern pentathlon world champion Samantha Murray has been named on the shortlist of the September Sky Sports Sportswoman of the Month award. The University of Bath French and Politics graduate, who trains at Pentathlon GB's National Training Centre at the University, was nominated for the award after becoming only the fourth British woman to win the individual modern pentathlon world championship crown. She features on a shortlist of six athletes along with...
Kate French and Joe Evans rounded off Britain’s Modern Pentathlon World Championship campaign on a high note by winning mixed relay silver today (Sunday). The young pair fought well across the day before being beaten to gold by Laura Asadauskaite, Lithuania's London 2012 Olympic champion, and Justinas Kinderis, the 2013 individual world champion. French said: “It's brilliant we just came to get as many medals as possible and couldn't do it without the support of...
University of Bath graduate Samantha Murray is the new modern pentathlon world champion after striking gold in Warsaw today. And there was a double celebration as she joined forces with Freyja Prentice and Kate French to win team silver. The trio are all University of Bath graduates and train at the Pentathlon GB National Training Centre at the University. “It doesn’t feel real,” said French and Politics student Murray. “I’ve worked so hard for this...
Great Britain’s modern pentathletes, who train at the University of Bath, are competing at the World Championships in Poland this week. Pentathlon GB has its National Training Centre at the University and the 10-strong team for the championships features a number of current students and graduates. In the men’s competitions Joe Choong (Mathematics), Sam Curry (Politics and International Relations) and Tom Toolis (Sport and Exercise Science) are current students. Joe Evans and Jamie Cooke also...
University of Bath students Sam Curry and Tom Toolis won bronze for the Pentathlon GB team at the Modern Pentathlon European Championships in Hungary. The pair came home third in the men’s relay competition on the final day of the championships in Székesfehérvár. It means the British team, which has its National Training Centre at the University of Bath, won two medals at the event following on from the mixed relay silver won by Samantha...
The University of Bath-based pair of Samantha Murray and Joe Evans won mixed relay silver at the Modern Pentathlon European Championships in Hungary yesterday (Monday). Murray, the London 2012 Olympic silver medallist and a University of Bath French and Politics graduate, teamed up with 20-year-old Evans for the mixed relay at the championships. The pair performed well across the day, coming joint third in the fencing, winning the swim and dropping just one pentathlon point...
