University of Bath-based athletes Jamie Cooke, Paula Walker and Rebekah Wilson are celebrating being named winners of the British Olympic Association athlete of the year awards for their sports. Modern pentathlete Jamie Cooke received his award at the end of a stunning year that saw him achieve the London 2012 qualifying standard by finishing fourth at the senior European Championships. He followed that up by winning the World Junior Championships in Argentina last month. The...
Freyja Prentice and Lydia Rosling ended the Modern Pentathlon World Junior Championships on a high note by winning Great Britain’s third gold and fourth medal of the campaign. The pair collected gold in the women’s relay on the final day of the championships in Argentina today (Monday). It means the Great Britain team – which trains at the Pentathlon GB High Performance Centre at the University of Bath - won golds on each of the...
Jamie Cooke is the new Modern Pentathlon World Junior Champion after wining individual gold in Argentina yesterday (Sunday). The 20-year-old, who trains at the Pentathlon GB High Performance Centre at the University of Bath, had to recover from a disappointing fence that saw him start the day in joint 29th place. He recovered with another outstanding swim, clocking a 200m freestyle time of 1:53.56 to climb to seventh, then dropped just eight time penalties in...
University of Bath student Freyja Prentice and graduates Kate French and Lydia Rosling are celebrating winning the first gold medal of the European Junior Championships in Poland. The GB trio won the women's team relay gold at Drzonkow at yesterday's (Monday) opening day of the championships. Prentice is currently studying for a degree in Biology at the University, while French and Rosling are both Sports Performance gradautes. The GB team beat a strong Hungarian team...
University of Bath-based athletes Jamie Cooke and Freyja Prentice have become the first British modern pentathletes to achieve the qualifying standard to compete at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Cooke achieved the qualifying standard by finishing fourth at the European Championships at Medway Park in Kent on Saturday (30 July). The 20-year-old’s performances included setting a world record for the modern pentathlon 200m freestyle. And Prentice followed that up by finishing eighth in the women’s...
University of Bath graduate Mhairi Spence finished just outside the medals at the Modern Pentathlon World Cup Final in London today (Sunday). Spence, who has a degree in Coach Education and Sports Development and trains at the Pentathlon GB High Performance Centre at the University, finished fifth at the competition. She was followed closely by Beijing 2008 Olympic silver medallist Heather Fell, who came seventh, and by University of Bath Biology student Freyja Prentice in...
Britain's Nick Woodbridge won the bronze medal at the Modern Pentathlopn World Cup Final in London today (Saturday). Woodbridge, who trains at the Pentathlon GB High Performance Centre at the University of Bath became the Britsh man to win a World Cup Final medal. "It's fantastic, especially to do it at the Olympic venue," said a delighted Woodbridge. "I've won two World Cup medals before, but to do it at a World Cup Final is...
University of Bath-based Mhairi Spence won her second Modern Pentathlon World Cup medal of the season when she took bronze in Hungary today (Saturday). The 25-year-old Coach Education and Sports Development graduate produced a strong all round performance in World Cup 3 in Százhalombatta to win the third World Cup medal of her career. It means British women have won medals at all three World Cups this year following Spence’s silver in the USA in...
Twenty-year-old University of Bath student Freyja Prentice won the first Modern Pentathlon World Cup medal of her career when she took bronze at Sassari in Italy today (Saturday). It means the young Brit continued her impressive record of finishing in the top-10 in each of the six rounds of the World Cup in which she has competed to date. Her previous best was a fifth place at the Cairo World Cup in March last year....
University of Bath graduate Mhairi Spence made a stunning start to the modern pentathlon season by winning silver at the opening World Cup of the year in Palm Springs, the USA on Saturday. Spence captured the second World Cup medal of her career in a performance that was only bettered by Amelie Caze, France’s three-times world champion. The 25-year-old’s only other World Cup medal was a bronze won on home soil at Medway in April...
