University of Bath graduate Natalia Sheppard has been selected to represent Great Britain in fencing at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Natalia graduated from the University of Bath with a BSc (Hons) degree in Mathematics and Computing in 2006. Born in Poland, she is now 28 and makes her Olympic debut at the London 2012 Games. Natalia said: "I am so thrilled and proud at my selection for Team GB at the London 2012 Olympic...
University of Bath student and badminton player Hadia Hosny El Said has had her place on the Egyptian team for the London 2012 Olympic Games confirmed. Hadia qualified a place at the Olympics by finishing as the highest placed African player in the women’s singles badminton world rankings. Egypt’s National Olympic Committee has now confirmed her place on the Egyptian team for her second successive Olympic Games. Hadia combines training at the University with studying...
University of Bath Swimming Club swimmer Liz Johnson has had her place on the British team to compete at the London 2012 Paralympic Games confirmed. Liz, who struck gold at Beijing in 2008, was initially named on a list of 26 British swimmers whose participation at the Games was subject to confirmation by the International Paralympic Committee of the number of swimming slots available. ParalympicsGB has now confirmed her selection for the Games.She is joined...
University of Bath graduate Mhairi Spence achieved the London 2012 Olympic qualifying standard in style by winning gold at the Modern Pentathlon World Championships in Rome today (Saturday). And there was further success for the British team with University of Bath student Samantha Murray producing a terrific finish to take bronze and also achieve the Olympic qualifying standard. It means three British women have achieved the 2012 Olympic standard to date – Biology student Freyja...
Amy Williams MBE has announced her retirement from skeleton with immediate effect. The current Winter Olympic Champion, 29, decided to call time on her glittering career after being troubled by injuries and therefore struggling to maintain her position at the pinnacle of her sport. Amy, who graduated from the University of Bath in 2007 with a Foundation Degree in Sports Performance, said: "I have put a great deal of thought into this and it is...
University of Bath graduate Lee Merrien has been selected to run the marathon for Great Britain at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Lee graduated from the University with an HND in Coach Education and Sports Performance in 2004. The Guernsey-based athlete was the first British runner home at the 2012 London Marathon, finishing in 17th in a personal best time of 2:13.41. He wasn’t initially nominated by UK Athletics for a place on the GB...
University of Bath student Samantha Murray collected the first Modern Pentathlon World Cup medal of her career when she took bronze in Russia on Saturday. The 22-year-old French and Politics student followed up her fourth place in Hungary a week ago and sixth in the USA last month with the best result of her career to date. Her performance comes as the battle for places on the GB Olympic team intensifies – there were five...
Former Team Bath judo player Darren Harris had been selected to compete at his second successive Paralympic Games – but this time as a footballer. Darren is a visually impaired athlete and currently does some of his conditioning work at Team Bath. He represented Great Britain in the judo competition at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games and returns to action at London 2012, this time as a member of the Great Britain five-a-side football squad...
Twice GB Bob Skeleton Winter Olympian Adam Pengilly, 34, today announced his retirement from competition. During his career Pengilly, originally from Taunton, did much of his training at the University of Bath Sports Training Village. In a 10-year career, Pengilly, who joined the sport from bobsleigh, was 2009 World Championships silver medallist in Lake Placid, USA, and 8th in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Since 2003, he has been representing athletes in various ways,...
Swimmers Michael Jamieson, Stacey Tadd and Andrew Willis are the first University of Bath-based athletes to be named in the Great Britain team to compete at the London 2012 Olympic Games. The trio will all make their Olympic debuts at London 2012 and won their places on the team with their performances at the British Championships, held at the London 2012 Aquatics Centre last week. University of Bath students Michael Jamieson and Andrew Willis (pictured...
