Four defending champions will be among the University of Bath-based swimmers competing at the FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary next week. James Guy, Calum Jarvis, Siobhan-Marie O’Connor and Chris Walker-Hebborn of the British Swimming National Centre Bath will all be hoping to repeat their golden achievements from the 2015 Championships in Kazan, Russia. Thomas Tsiopanis, who recently graduated in Sports Performance and is supported by a Santander Sports Scholarship, will make his World Championships...
Hundreds of youngsters from across the South West demonstrated their sporting skills in the inspirational surroundings of the University of Bath Sports Training Village (STV) on Wednesday as they competed in the Summer School Games. Pupils from Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucester who had qualified through previous competitions took part in the annual event, which was organised by the West of England Sports Trust (Wesport). They made full use...
Mike Taylor has joined the world-class coaching staff at the British Swimming National Centre based at the University of Bath Sports Training Village. Taylor, who began his coaching career with the City of Sheffield, will work alongside David McNulty and Jol Finck with a training group that includes Olympic medallists Jazz Carlin, Siobhan-Marie O’Connor, Chris Walker-Hebborn and James Guy. “When I saw there was an opportunity to work with British Swimming, I was very excited...
University of Bath students Anna Hopkin and Jay Lelliott have been named in a 16-strong British swimming squad for the 2017 World University Games in Chinese Taipei. It will be Lelliott’s second experience of the world’s second-biggest multi-sport competition after the Olympic Games – he also competed in 2015, winning 400m freestyle gold and 800m freestyle silver. Sports Performance student Lelliott is supported by a Santander Sports Scholarship and is also a sporting ambassador for...
The Team Bath AS swimming squad proved they are a force to be reckoned with at the regional Age Group Championships as they took three golds, 12 silvers and 12 bronze medals across four days of competition at Hengrove and Millfield. In the opening event our 12yr boys kicked off with a 3,4,5 in the 400m Freestyle with Max Adams claiming bronze and Oliver Saunders (4th) and Olly Watts (5th) following him home; only to...
National Centre swimmers James Guy and Jessica Fullalove won four medals at the Japan Open Swimming Championships in Tokyo, Japan over the weekend in an encouraging preparation for this summer's World Championships. On the back of an intense nine-day training block in Thailand, Guy won his third medal of the Open with gold in the men’s 100m butterfly with a new personal best time of 51.50. The performance followed a gold-medal winning swim in the 400m...
University of Bath-based swimmer James Guy continued his preparations for this summer's World Championships by equalling his 200m butterfly personal best at the Japan Open in Tokyo, the 2020 Olympic Host City. The Rio 2016 Olympic medallist, coached by Jol Finck and Dave McNulty at the British Swimming National Centre Bath, won bronze in 1:55.91 - despite still being in heavy training after an intense nine-day block at a preparation camp in Thailand. “That was...
University of Bath sporting scholar Thomas Tsiopanis has thanked coach Mark Skimming after being selected to compete at the 2017 World Swimming Championships. The Sports Performance student, who is supported by a Santander Sports Scholarship and trains in the Sports Training Village London 2012 Legacy Pool, will represent his native Cyprus at the Championships, taking place in Budapest, Hungary, from July 14-30. Tsiopanis said: “I am really excited to be selected for my first World...
Star swimmer and Great Britain squad member Ilaria Brandimarte won the first major medal of Team Bath Synchronised Swimming Club's short history at the 2017 National Championships in late April as the club revealed its plans for leading the light in UK synchronised swimming. Brandimarte, who is also chairwoman of Team Bath Synchro Club, claimed bronze in the tech solo event with an "elegant" performance to contemporary Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi's 'Experience'. The medal was the Italy-born swimmer's...
Team Bath AS youth swimmers enjoyed a successful trip to Plymouth as they took on the best swimmers in the region at the annual South West Swimming Championships. The 24-strong squad shook up the competition, winning more medals than expected as they came home with 21 in total and a large number of personal best times. The team reached 55 finals in total, recorded seven top-ten finishes in the 400m events and four in the...
