News Archive, Category: Scholars

A picture of the University of Bath Athletics Club squad that competed at the 2024 BUCS Outdoor Championships in Manchester. CREDIT: BUCS/Paul Bannister

High jumpers win silver brace and Basil Rock bags thrilling bronze as University of Bath student-athletes impress at BUCS Outdoor Champs

07 May 2024

Student-athletes with the University of Bath Athletics Club won three medals and recorded a host of lifetime bests when they proudly represented the Blue & Gold at the 2024 BUCS Outdoor Championships in Manchester. Goldsmith Sporting Scholar Luke Ball and Biology student Evelyne Fonteyne both won silver in the high jump, clearing season’s bests of 2.06m and 1.74m respectively. A thrilling men’s 800m final saw Modern Languages (German & Italian) student Basil Rock, coached by...

“I am so happy!” Bath sporting scholar Aleeya Sibbons anchors British quartet to bronze at World Athletics Relays Bahamas 24

06 May 2024

University of Bath sporting scholar Aleeya Sibbons anchored Great Britain & Northern Ireland to a brilliant bronze in the women’s 4x100m at the World Athletics Relays Bahamas 24. The Architecture student produced a storming last leg to bring the quartet – also featuring Alyson Bell, Amy Hunt and Bianca Williams – home in third in 42.80 behind the United States and France. Hunt, Williams, Asha Philip and Imani-Lara Lansiquot had secured Britain’s qualification for the...

Kate Shortman (left) and Izzy Thorpe won Duet Technical gold at the Artistic Swimming World Cup staged at the new Olympics Aquatics Centre in Paris in May 2024. CREDIT: Nick Hope.

Bath sporting scholar Kate Shortman and artistic swimming partner Izzy Thorpe strike gold at Paris 2024 Olympic Test Event

05 May 2024

University of Bath sporting scholar Kate Shortman enjoyed another moment of history as she and artistic swimming partner Izzy Thorpe claimed gold in the first Olympic discipline to be contested at the new Olympic Aquatics Centre in Paris. The duo followed up their breakthrough silver and bronze medals at this year’s World Aquatics Championships in Doha by winning the Technical Duet title in the second leg of the Artistic Swimming World Cup, which doubled as...

A picture of some of the winners at the 2024 Blues Awards, the annual celebration of student sport at the University of Bath.

Jamie Cubitt wins Sports Personality of the Year as University of Bath’s thriving student sport scene is celebrated at 50th Blues Awards

02 May 2024

This year marked the 50th anniversary of the Blues Awards, the annual celebration of student sport at the University of Bath, with the 2024 presentation evening once again taking place at the historic Roman Baths and Pump Room in Bath city centre. The Blues Awards is a University of Bath event, sponsored by Team Bath Gym suppliers Matrix Fitness, which The SU Bath [Students Union] and Department for Sports Development and Recreation (DSDR) support together....

Swimmer Josh Gammon (left) and athlete Justin Davies (right) won medals for the University of Bath at BUCS Nationals 2024 in Sheffield.

Golden double for swimmer Josh Gammon as University of Bath student-athletes win 19 medals at BUCS Nationals 2024

26 February 2024

University of Bath students won 19 medals, including double gold for swimmer Josh Gammon and silver on the track for Justin Davies, when they contested BUCS Nationals 2024 in Sheffield over the weekend. Podium places came in athletics, karate and swimming, while the University was also well represented in the badminton, climbing and fencing competitions. Swimming There were 14 medals for University of Bath students in the Ponds Forge International Swimming Pool, with Josh Gammon...

University of Bath sporting scholar Kate Shortman (right) and Izzy Thorpe (left) won a Free Duet bronze medal at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha

Paris 2024 Olympic place secured as Bath sporting scholar Kate Shortman wins another World Champs artistic swimming medal

08 February 2024

An incredible second World Championships medal in the space of three days saw University of Bath sporting scholar Kate Shortman and artistic swimming partner Izzy Thorpe book a Paris 2024 Olympic Games spot for Team GB in the duet programme. Having made history with their Tech Duet silver in Doha on Monday, British Swimming’s first-ever Duet medal at a World Champs, the Tokyo Olympians delivered again in the Free Duet final as they scored 247.26...

University of Bath sporting scholar Kate Shortman (second from right) and Izzy Thorpe (second from left) won a historic Tech Duet silver medal at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha

More artistic swimming history is made by University of Bath sporting scholar Kate Shortman at World Aquatics Championships

05 February 2024

University of Bath sporting scholar Kate Shortman made artistic swimming history at a second successive World Championships as she and partner Izzy Thorpe won an incredible Women’s Duet Technical silver in Doha. It is British Swimming’s first-ever World Championships medal in a Duet event and came eight months after International Management and Modern Languages (French) student Shortman had achieved a similar breakthrough in the individual disciplines with Solo Free bronze at the 2023 Championships in...

Marathon swimmer and University of Bath sporting scholar Leah Crisp at the Team Bath Sports Training Village where she trains with the British Swimming Performance Centre Bath elite squad.

Sporting scholar Leah Crisp “over the moon” after earning Paris 2024 Olympic Games marathon swimming quota place for Team GB

04 February 2024

University of Bath sporting scholar Leah Crisp says she is “over the moon” after securing a Paris 2024 Olympic Games quota place for Team GB in marathon swimming. The Economics and Mathematics student, supported by a Santander Sporting Scholarship, finished 17th overall in the women’s 10km race at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha to earn Britain one of the 13 quota spots still available for this summer. A well-paced race saw Crisp, part...

(From left) University of Bath-based swimmers Tom Dean, Jacob Whittle, Brodie Williams and Leah Crisp have been selected for the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha

Bath quartet selected for World Aquatics Championships in Doha as crucial run-in to Paris 2024 Olympic Games begins

05 January 2024

Four University of Bath-based swimmers have been selected to represent British Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, beginning a crucial six-month run-in to the Paris Olympic Games. Tom Dean, who won a medal of each colour at the 2023 edition in Fukuoka, is selected along with fellow Bath Performance Centre swimmers Jacob Whittle and Brodie Williams. They are joined in the 20-strong squad by University of Bath Swimming Club’s Ben Proud and...

A composite graphic featuring University of Bath-based athletes (clockwise from top left) Piers Gilliver, Joe Choong, Matt Weston, Suzanna Hext, the Bath women's 1sts tennis team, four-man bobsleigh, James Guy and Tom Dean, and Suzanna Hext who have all enjoyed success during 2023

Six World Champions crowned, hundreds of athletes hosted and student success – another stellar year of sport at University of Bath

20 December 2023

With the dawn of a new Olympic and Paralympic year upon us, University of Bath-based sportspeople will be looking to build on the outstanding global success they enjoyed during a memorable 2023. Six athletes were crowned as World Champions – Joe Choong (modern pentathlon); Matt Weston (skeleton); Tom Dean, James Guy and Suzanna Hext (swimming); and Piers Gilliver (wheelchair fencing) – while others secured historic podium placings and continental crowns. In total a stunning 74...

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