The University of Bath and Pentathlon GB are joining forces in a unique partnership in British sport. Pentathlon GB has based its High Performance Centre at Bath since 1999 with Olympic medal-winning athletes such as Samantha Murray (silver medallist in the London 2012 Games) combining their University studies with training and competing. This relationship is set to be strengthened further with some of Britain’s top modern pentathletes helping promote the University to potential future students....
Great Britain secured their third medal of the 2013 Modern Pentathlon European Championships as Kate French, Samantha Murray and Mhairi Spence won the women’s team gold in Poland today (Monday). And Freyja Prentice just missed out on an individual medal, coming home in fourth place in Drzonkow in her first major competition since recovering from a hamstring injury. Samantha Murray, the London 2012 Olympic silver medallist finished seventh in the individual competition, with Kate French...
The young trio of Jamie Cooke, Sam Curry and Joe Evans made it two medals in two days for Great Britain at the Modern Pentathlon European Championships when they won the men’s team relay bronze in Poland today (Friday). Their success followed the gold won by Katy Burke, Kate French and Samantha Murray in the women’s team relay on yesterday’s (Thursday) opening day of the championships in Drzonkow. The men’s trio featured two teenagers –...
The British trio of Katy Burke, Kate French and Olympic silver medallist Samantha Murray made the perfect start to the Modern Pentathlon European Championships by winning team relay gold in Poland today (Thursday). The British team, who train at the Pentathlon GB high performance centre at the Unviersity of Bath, led from the fencing at the start of the day and followed that with consistent performances in the swim, ride and run/shoot to take the...
[caption id="attachment_30120" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Samantha Murray (right) pictured with team-mate Mhairi Spence"][/caption]London 2012 Olympic silver medallist Samantha Murray graduates from the University of Bath on Thursday 4 July – but she plans to be a familiar face around campus for some time to come. Samanatha receives her BA (Hons) in French and Politics at a ceremony in the majestic surroundings of Bath Abbey. But she won’t be moving too far away from Bath just yet...
As one of Britain’s top modern pentathletes and Olympic silver medallist at the 2008 Beijing games, Heather Fell is highly skilled across the disciplines of fencing, swimming, show jumping and running and shooting. However, Fell - who trains locally at the Pentathlon GB High Performance Centre at the University of Bath - is about to step out of her comfort zone by undertaking the Deloitte Ride Across Britain ultimate cycle challenge to raise money for...
Shadow Minister for Sport Clive Efford MP praised the University of Bath’s sports facilities during a visit to the Claverton Down campus yesterday (Tuesday). Mr Efford, MP for Eltham, was visiting the University to consult on what is required in a 10-year plan for school and community sport. Before holding a discussion with around 40 delegates from the West Country at an event hosted by University’s new Institute for Policy Research, Mr Efford was given a...
Britain’s Jamie Cooke won the first Modern Pentathlon World Cup medal of his career today (Sunday), and he did it in style, taking gold in Budapest. The 22-year-old, who won the World Junior Championships in Argentina in 2011, had to produce a gritty and spirited performance to battle back from 24th place after the fencing. But the world number 40 ranked athlete was the fastest in the pool, went clear in the ride and then...
Britain’s reigning modern pentathlon world champion Mhairi Spence won her first World Cup medal of the year, taking bronze in Budapest today (Saturday). The 27-year-old London 2012 Olympian came home in third place behind the Ukrainian duo of Ganna Buriak – who won back-to-back World Cups - and Victoria Tereshuk, the Beijing 2008 Olympic bronze medallist. Budapest was only Spence’s second World Cup since London 2012 and her performance was a marked improvement on her...
University of Bath student Samantha Murray produced a fine all-round performance to collect her first British Championships title on Saturday. The French and Politics student already has an Olympic silver medal and a World Championships bronze, but hadn’t yet won a British crown until her victory in Solihull. Murray is now focussing on studying for her finals for her French and Politics degree at the University of Bath later this month. “I had a fantastic...
