Freya Anderson added to her international medal collection when the University of Bath-based swimming star anchored Aquatics GB to women’s 4x100m medley relay silver at the 2024 World Aquatics Short Course Championships in Budapest, Hungary. The Bath Performance Centre swimmer (pictured top, right) dived in for the freestyle leg in third place after strong swims from team-mates Abbie Wood, Angharad Evans and Eva Okaro. She then clawed back China in the closing stages to touch...
A Paris 2024 pentathlete, history-making artistic swimmer and aspiring Olympians in athletics, hockey, sailing and swimming are among an impressive 11 University of Bath student-athletes to be awarded sporting scholarships for the 2024-25 academic year. Charlie Brown, Ranjuo Tomblin, Justin Davies, Patrick McElhinney, Oscar Cawthorne, Joshua Gammon, Dylan Registe and Matt Ward will all benefit from a cash award to help them meet the demands of training, competing and studying at an elite level. Netballer...
An 18-medal haul, including a golden hat-trick from Joshua Gammon, ensured University of Bath student swimmers enjoyed their strongest performance for many years at the 2024 BUCS Short Course Championships. The women’s team finished second and the men’s team were third as Bath secured a top-three finish overall with 710 points after an excellent weekend of racing at Ponds Forge in Sheffield. Sports Performance student Gammon (pictured top), fresh from being named in the Aquatics...
Five Paris 2024 medallists were among the Olympians and Paralympians whose achievements were celebrated at a special homecoming reception at the University of Bath. The athletes all train, study or studied at the University, one of the country’s leading institutions for high-performance sport, and were joined at the gathering by staff, coaches and civic representatives from Bath and Somerset. Double Paralympic Champion Dimitri Coutya (wheelchair fencing) and Olympic gold-medallist Kieran Bird (swimming) were in attendance...
Another historic year for University of Bath sporting scholar Kate Shortman and partner Izzy Thorpe was recognised when they once again shared the Artistic Swimming Athlete of the Year honour at The Aquatics GB Awards 2024. Bill Whiteley Scholar Shortman, who studies International Management and Modern Languages (French), and Thorpe claimed Britain's first-ever Olympic and World Championship medals in the duet events during an incredible year. The stunning artistic swimming achievements of Shortman and Thorpe...
University of Bath student-athlete Joshua Gammon will make his first appearance on the senior global stage when he represents Aquatics GB at the World Aquatics Short Course Swimming Championships in Budapest next month. The Sports Performance student has joined the Aquatics GB Bath Performance Centre this season and will be competing in Hungary alongside two of his new training partners, fellow butterfly specialist Jacob Peters and Tokyo Olympic champion Freya Anderson. Gammon, who made his...
Poppy Tydeman made her senior international debut and Ellen Morgan won a Player of the Match award as Team Bath Netball stars helped the Welsh Feathers win the inaugural Celtic Cup. Defender Tydeman became the 229th player to represent Wales when she came off the bench during an impressive 59-47 victory over host nation Scotland in Sunday’s final. The Feathers had also beaten Scotland the previous day as they won all three group matches, including...
After a stunning summer of success for University of Bath sporting scholars, past and present beneficiaries of the programme joined current and prospective donors for a special celebration event at Rengen House. Four of the six medals won by University-associated athletes at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games went to student-athletes who have been supported in their dual careers by scholarships – Tom Dean (swimming, gold, Bill Whiteley Scholarship), Prisca Awiti-Alcaraz (judo, silver, King Scholarship), Kate...
Team Bath Netball 2024 NPL quartet Sascha Dale, Ane De Wet, Neve Marsden and Alanna Pullen have been selected for the 2024-25 Roses Academy programme. The Academy is part of the England Netball Player Pathway and supports the development of young athletes who are identified as potential senior Roses internationals. Mid-courter Pullen, who won gold with England at the 2023 Europe Netball U21 tournament, continues her international netball education alongside her academic work at the...
University of Bath-associated athletes finished with two gold medals, three silver, one bronze and a host of historic achievements from the Olympic Games after two weeks of outstanding competition in Paris. Four of the medals were won by current or former Bath sporting scholars, with (pictured top, from left) swimmer Tom Dean, artistic swimmer Kate Shortman, judoka Prisca Awiti-Alcaraz and rower Becky Wilde all having been supported by the University as they pursued their dual...
