News Archive, Category: Swimming

A picture of Sally Munday, CEO of UK Sport, giving a speech at the Team Bath Sports Training Village in April 2024.

Increased Government funding in Olympic and Paralympic sports during the LA 2028 cycle is welcomed by UK Sport and partners

02 November 2024

The Government’s commitment to a £344million investment into Olympic and Paralympic sports over the next four-year cycle, announced in this week's Budget, has been welcomed by UK Sport and its partners, including the University of Bath. It is the equivalent of an extra £9 million a year on Paris-cycle funding levels and Sally Munday, CEO of UK Sport (pictured), said: “We are confident that the amount announced, alongside the excellent support provided by The National...

Pudsey Bear and Olympic swim coach David McNulty help BBC presenters get ready for Children in Need Thousand Mile Challenge

18 October 2024

Pudsey Bear was a very special guest at the Team Bath Sports Training Village as he helped legendary Olympic swimming coach David McNulty deliver a motivational training session for four BBC radio breakfast show presenters undertaking this year’s mammoth Thousand Mile Challenge for Children in Need. Joe Sims (BBC Radio Bristol), Nicky Price (BBC Radio Gloucestershire), Ben Prater (BBC Radio Wiltshire) and Charlie Taylor (BBC Radio Somerset) were put through their paces in the London...

Paris 2024 Olympians and Paralympians (clockwise from top left) Dan Bethell, Ridhwan Mohamed, Henrique Mascarenhas, Michael Taylor, Joe Choong, Becky Wilde, Tim Nurse, Charlie Brown, Leah Crisp and Freya Anderson were guests of honour at The Rec when Bath Rugby hosted Northampton Saints in the opening match of the 2024-25 Gallagher Premiership. Photo by: Patrick Khachfe / Onside Images

Bath Rugby celebrate University-based Paris 2024 Olympians and Paralympians at 2024-25 Gallagher Premiership season opener

21 September 2024

Paris 2024 Olympians and Paralympians who train, study or studied at the University of Bath were guests of honour when Bath Rugby beat Northampton Saints 38-16 in the opening match of the 2024-25 Gallagher Premiership. Becky Wilde, who won rowing bronze on her Olympic debut, and para-badminton silver-medallist Dan Bethell, a lifelong Bath Rugby fan, took part in a half-time Q&A at The Rec along with modern pentathlete Charlie Brown, who studies Sports Management and...

A picture of children taking part in a Team Bath Tribe judo session in Bath Building Society t-shirts, September 2024

Bath Building Society supporting next generation of young athletes as new main partners of Team Bath Tribe and Team Bath Futures

18 September 2024

Bath Building Society is investing in a healthy and active future for children, as well as supporting the goals of aspiring athletes, after coming on board as main partners of the Team Bath youth sports programme. The support of Bath Building Society – this year marking 120 years of service to the local community – will help around 600 young people from the ages of two to 18 get active in a host of sports...

A graphic promoting the Student Sports Pass which is included in tuition fees for all University of Bath students.

Get access to swimming, athletics, racket sports and much more by activating your FREE Student Sports Pass

14 September 2024

The student-exclusive Sports Pass is part of the sports experience for all University of Bath students. It allows access to a host of facilities at the Team Bath Sports Training Village including our London 2012 Legacy Swimming Pool; squash, badminton and outdoor tennis courts*; athletics track; astro pitches; and indoor sports hall. Holding a Sports Pass also gives holders access to dedicated student participation times, priority booking opportunities and coaching/guidance from the knowledgable coaches on campus. Activating your...

The third annual Make a Move! event, organised by The Grand Appeal, took place at the Team Bath Sports Training Village on Saturday 31st August 2024. CREDIT: Team Bath/Charlotte Clark

Third Make a Move! is biggest yet as young people under care of Bristol Children’s Hospital enjoy day of sporting fun at Team Bath

03 September 2024

The third annual Make a Move! event proved to be the biggest and best yet as more than 100 young people under the care of Bristol Children’s Hospital enjoyed a host of accessible sports and fun activities. The Team Bath Sports Training Village was once again buzzing as youngsters and their families had a go at archery, athletics, badminton, ball sports, boxing, judo, kin-ball, mini golf, rowing, table tennis, tennis, volleyball and much more. Team...

(Clockwise from top left) Dan Bethell, Suzanna Hext, Michael Taylor, Oliver Lam-Watson, Piers Gilliver, Dimitri Coutya and Gemma Collis are all representing ParalympicsGB at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Magnificent seven ready to write their own chapters in this summer’s Paris sporting success story

19 August 2024

Paralympians who train at the University of Bath are heading to Paris determined to write their own chapters in this summer’s sporting success story. Seven athletes from four sports – Dan Bethell (para-badminton), Suzanna Hext (para-swimming), Michael Taylor (para-triathlon), and Gemma Collis, Dimitri Coutya, Piers Gilliver and Oliver Lam-Watson (wheelchair fencing) – have been selected to represent Britain when the Games take place from Wednesday 28th August to Sunday 8th September. Defending Category A epee...

(From left) Tom Dean, Kate Shortman, Prisca Awiti-Alcaraz and Becky Wilde - current and former University of Bath sporting scholars - all won medals at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. PICTURE CREDITS: Alamy Stock Photo

Sporting scholars on the podium in Paris as Bath-associated athletes write their names into the history books

14 August 2024

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...

2XRH7RM Britain's Kate Shortman and Isabelle Thorpe react after competing in the duet free routine of artistic swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

More history for scholar Kate Shortman as she and artistic swimming partner Izzy Thorpe win groundbreaking Duet silver

10 August 2024

Kate Shortman and Izzy Thorpe made history once again when they won Great Britain’s first-ever Olympic medal in artistic swimming. The pair produced outstanding Technical and Free routines in the Aquatics Centre in Paris, on Friday and Saturday respectively, to secure a stunning silver in the overall standings. Their latest success follows on from the breakthrough World Aquatics Championships medals won by the duet in February 2024, as well as Bath sporting scholar Shortman’s historic...

2XNXHB5 Great Britain’s Ben Proud celebrates winning silver after the Men’s 50m Freestyle Final at the Paris La Defense Arena on the seventh day of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in France. Picture date: Friday August 2, 2024.

Thrilling silver completes set of global medals for swimmer Ben Proud as hockey player Tim Nurse is added to GB men’s squad

02 August 2024

Ben Proud added an Olympic medal to his collection of 50m freestyle silverware after narrowly finishing second in a thrilling contest at the Paris La Defense Arena tonight. Tom Dean also raced in his third final of the week, placing fifth in the 200m individual medley behind home favourite Leon Marchand. Proud, who is a member of the University of Bath Swimming Club, has won World, Commonwealth and European gold but fell just short of...

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