Nineteen-year-old Joe Evans produced a stunning performance to win bronze at his first Modern Pentathlon World Cup. Evans, a Sports Performance student at the University of Bath and a product of Pentathlon GB’s World Class Talent Pathway, performed consistently throughout the day at the opening World Cup of the new Olympic cycle. He crossed the finishing line at Palm Springs in California just eight seconds behind world champion Alexander Lesun of Russia and two seconds...
Four University of Bath students are set to make their modern pentathlon World Cup debuts in the USA later this week. The quartet of Sports Performance students Jo Muir and Joe Evans, Politics with International Relations student Sam Curry and Sport and Exercise Science student Tom Toolis, will compete in the opening World Cup of the year in Palm Springs. They are joined in the GB team in California by Jamie Cooke, Katy Burke, Heather...
A stunning photograph of University of Bath student Samantha Murray taking part in the London 2012 Olympic fencing competition has been voted modern pentathlon photo of the year for 2012. The photo taken by Paul Roberts, shows Samantha celebrating victory in one of her fencing bouts at the Copper Box and captures the passion and emotion that the sport can generate. Samantha, who is in the final year of a French and Politics degree at...
Olympic silver medal winning modern pentathlete Heather Fell is one of six Olympians elected by their peers to serve on the British Olympic Association’s Athletes’ Commission. Heather, who train at Pentathlon GB's High Performance Centre at the University of Bath, won silver at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, will serve a four-year term on the commission. The BOA announced today (Monday) that she was elected alongside rowing’s James Cracknell and Katherine Grainger, track and field athlete...
University of Bath student and Olympic silver medallist Samantha Murray was named winner of the British Modern Pentathlon Olympic Athlete of the Year Award. Murray was presented with the award at a Pentathlon GB dinner in Bath last night (Wednesday) at the end of a stunning year that saw her capture her first World Cup medal, as well as medals at both the World Championships and the Olympics. The climax to her year came on...
Some of Britain’s stars of the London 2012 Olympics Games will be in action at the University of Bath as filming for the BBC’s Superstar programme takes place. For further background information please go to: University to host filming of BBC Olympic “Superstars” Please note ALL enquiries about tickets and running orders must be made direct to the ticketing agency Applause. You can contact Applause via their website.
Hi everyone, Lots to report this week. Last weekend saw swimming compete in the short course event. It was a successful event that saw Bath finish second. Special mention goes to Michael Jamieson who was awarded male swimmer of the meet, by winning the 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke and coming third in the 200m individual medley. Anne Bochmann had similar success, winning the 200, 400 and 800m freestyle and coming third in the 400m...
Olympic silver medal winning modern pentahlete Samantha Murray will swap her epee and laser pistol for an evening dress and piano to perform at a charity concert live on BBC Radio 3 on Monday (29 October) night. The 23-year-old University of Bath student agreed to learn to play the piano for Piano Season on the BBC with the aim of playing in a concert supporting the charity Children in Need. And after just a handful...
Olympic and Paralympic medallists who train at the University of Bath are the latest winners of the Team Bath athlete of the month awards. Modern pentathlete Samantha Murray and swimmer Michael Jamieson won the August awards to mark their achievements in winning silver medals at the London 2012 Olympics. Paralympic athletes Paul Blake – who won a silver and a bronze at the Games – and Katrina Hart, a relay bronze medallist, won the September...
University of Bath students and staff took the opportunity to pay tribute to athletes linked to the University who won medals at London 2012. Hundreds of students and staff attended the London 2012 medallists celebration event held at the Founders Hall. Seven athletes with University links who won medals at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games attended the celebration. They included Sports Technology graduate Heather Stanning, who learned to row at the University and...
