University of Bath graduate Kate French produced the best individual performance of her career to date to finish fourth at the World Cup Final in Sarasota. The Sports Performance graduate qualified for the event through her performances at individual World Cup rounds this year. French was never out of the top-10 overall positions throughout the day and came home in fourth place in Florida, just 10 seconds off a podium place. Jan Bartu, performance director...
Two University of Bath students and promising pentathletes produced strong performances to secure podium places at the Milan Kadlec Memorial junior international competition in Prague at the weekend. Nineteen-year-old Jo Muir won gold in the women’s event, while Joe Choong, aged 18, took silver in the men’s competition. Muir, who is originally from Dumfries and studies Sports Performance at the University of Bath, achieved personal bests in the swimming and fencing, and won the ride...
Europe’s top modern pentathletes will begin the battle for Olympic selection in the UK when the University of Bath hosts the 2015 European Modern Pentathlon Championships – the first senior international modern pentathlon competition held in the UK since the London 2012 Olympic Games. The event, one of more than 26 World and European Championships targeted to be hosted in the UK as part of UK Sport’s £27 million Gold Event Series, will be held...
University of Bath graduate Sam Weale has announced his retirement from the sport of modern pentathlon after a career spanning more than a decade that saw him compete at two Olympic Games. Weale took up the demanding sport of modern pentathlon in 2000 and represented Great Britain at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, finishing 10th, the best performance by a GB man since Graham Brookhouse’s eighth in 1992. He followed that up with 13th place...
Jan Bartu, the University of Bath-based Performance Director of Pentathlon GB, has won a prestigious West Country sports award. Jan received the Performance Coach of the Year award at the West of England Celebration of Sport Evening on Thursday 24 October . The awards ceremony was run by Wesport, the West of England Sport Trust and was held in Bristol. He said the award recognised the team effort of everyone at Pentathlon GB, which has...
Fifteen talented student athletes, including a world champion, a world junior champion, a European Junior Championship medalist and World Youth Championship medalists are among the latest recipients of University of Bath scholarships. University of Bath students who have displayed potential to succeed both academically and in their chosen sport can apply for the scholarships. They receive a cash award that runs over the period of their course and helps them meet the demands of training,...
Two world champions are among the latest Team Bath athlete of the month award winners, showing the impressive sporting talent based at the University of Bath. The latest six winners also include a world championship medallist, a World Cup gold medallist and a double European champion. Aquae Sulis Performance Swimming Club member Stephanie Millward received the women’s award for August after winning a remarkable four gold medals at the IPC World Championships in Canada. Another...
The British team are celebrating a stunning day at the Modern Pentathlon World Championships today (Saturday) with the women wining team gold and Nick Woodbridge taking individual silver in the men’s competition. The trio of Kate French, Samantha Murray and Mhairi Spence - all University of Bath graduates - started an outstanding day in Chinese Taipei by successfully defending the title won by Murray, Spence and Heather Fell in Rome last year. And double Olympian...
Samantha Murray, Britain’s London 2012 Olympic silver medallist, sits on top of the leaderboard in the women’s final at the Modern Pentathlon World Championships in Chinese Taipei. But she will have to wait until tomorrow (Saturday) to press home her advantage after Typhoon Trami led to the postponement of the ride and run/shoot today. After hours of heavy rain, organisers decided to postpone the final elements of the competition for the safety of the athletes...
University of Bath graduate Mhairi Spence gets the opportunity to defend her World Championship crown when she competes at the most important modern pentathlon competition since the London 2012 Olympics next month. Spence won the title in Rome in May of last year and is today named in the GB team to contest the 2013 World Championships in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei, from 21 to 27 August. The team was named today at a media session...
