Five students and Olympic Champion Joe Choong are among the 12 University of Bath-based athletes selected by Team GB for the Kraków-Małopolska 2023 European Games, taking place in Poland from 21st June to 2nd July. Choong is joined by Sport Management and Coaching student Charlie Brown in an eight-strong modern pentathlon team, who all part of Pentathlon GB’s National Training Centre at the Team Bath Sports Training Village. Sam Curry, Charlie Follett, Olivia Green, Myles...
University of Bath sporting scholar Leah Crisp will make her World Aquatics Championships debut in Japan this summer after being named in British Swimming’s marathon team. The Economics and Mathematics student, who is supported by a Santander Scholarship, has been selected alongside Hector Pardoe and Amber Keegan following their performances at the Sardinia leg of the World Aquatics Open Water World Cup earlier this month. All three athletes finished inside the top 20 of their...
New swimming sessions for women are being launched in the University of Bath’s 50m Olympic-standard pool this summer. The fortnightly 45-minute sessions in June and July – which are open to students, staff and members of the public – will initially take place from 1.15pm on Thursdays in the Team Bath Sports Training Village. The first session is on Thursday 15th June 2023, with subsequent sessions taking place on 29th June, 13th July and 27th...
Sporting scholar Cameron Brooker won two medals and Commonwealth champion Brodie Williams secured three as University of Bath-based swimmers stepped up their World Championships preparations on the 2023 Mare Nostrum Swim Tour. Mechanical Engineering student Brooker (pictured), supported by an Ivor Powell Scholarship, recorded both of his podium places on the first leg in Canet-En-Roussillon, placing third in the 50m backstroke and 2nd in the 100m backstroke. British Swimming Performance Centre Bath training partner Williams...
The University of Bath is proud to reaffirm its commitment to clean sport by backing UK Anti-Doping’s (UKAD’s) 2023 Clean Sport Week campaign, taking place from 22nd to 26th May. Clean Sport Week is UKAD’s national awareness week championing clean sport, education and anti-doping initiatives with sports across the UK, and this year’s theme is “Teamwork in Clean Sport”. Athletes are central to the team, responsible for making sure they compete clean – it's their...
University of Bath sporting scholar Kate Shortman got her international season off to a strong start by winning bronze at the World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup in Montpellier, France. Olympian Shortman, who is supported by a Bill Whiteley Scholarship, and partner Isabelle Thorpe showcased the work they have put into their new Women’s Free Duet routine by earning a high execution mark of 238.49 to comfortably place on the podium with an overall score...
Netballer Emma Payne has been voted by their fellow student-athletes as the University of Bath Sports Personality of the Year in the 2023 Blues Awards. The Sport and Exercise Science student was recognised for her contribution to the University’s netball club over the past four years, which has seen her serve as Chair this year alongside helping the 1st team reach the BUCS National Championships final. She also plays for Team Bath Netball U21s in the NPL division and has...
Paralympic and World Champions were joined by some of British Swimming’s rising stars when the University of Bath hosted a Visually Impaired and Lower Classification Relay Camp this week. The camp allowed several swimmers to step up preparations for this summer’s Manchester 2023 Para Swimming World Championships and was also an important development opportunity for Podium Potential athletes. Among those attending were Tokyo 2020 Paralympian and World medallist Suzanna Hext, who knows the Team Bath...
Sporting scholars past and present Luke Turley and Cameron Brooker will make their World Championships debuts in Japan this summer after being named among seven University of Bath-based swimmers selected in the British squad. Mechanical Engineering student Brooker (pictured left), supported by an Ivor Powell Scholarship, and Turley (pictured right), who was backed by Goldsmith and Santander Scholarships while studying Sports Performance at the University, earned their places after impressing at the British Swimming Championships...
Jacob Peters and Freya Anderson won double gold and there were further titles for Tom Dean, Joshua Gammon and Luke Turley as University of Bath-based athletes claimed a host of medals at the 2023 British Swimming Championships in Sheffield. Peters followed up his 100m butterfly one-two with British Swimming Performance Centre Bath training partner James Guy by recording the fastest time in the world this year in Sunday’s stacked 50m butterfly final. Going in lane...
