University of Bath-based swimmers Michael Jamieson and Sophie Allen continued their impressive FINA World Cup performances in Dubai and Doha. The pair, who train at British Swimming’s Bath Intensive Training Centre (ITC), landed a brace of silver medals apiece at the Moscow World Cup. Michael, Britain’s London 2012 Olympic 200m breaststroke silver medalist, followed that up with gold in the 200m breaststroke in Dubai and silver in the 100m breaststroke. The University of Bath Sports...
University of Bath-based swimmers will make up half of the British team competing at the European Short Course Championships in Denmark in December. Six swimmers who train at British Swimming’s Bath Intensive Training Centre (ITC) feature in the 12-strong team to compete at Herning on 12 to 15 December. Andrew Willis, a University of Bath Chemical Engineering student, is joined by fellow Bath ITC swimmer Michael Jamieson, a University of Bath Sports Performance graduate, as...
Fifteen talented student athletes, including a world champion, a world junior champion, a European Junior Championship medalist and World Youth Championship medalists are among the latest recipients of University of Bath scholarships. University of Bath students who have displayed potential to succeed both academically and in their chosen sport can apply for the scholarships. They receive a cash award that runs over the period of their course and helps them meet the demands of training,...
Team Bath’s netballers and Paralympic world champions Stephanie Millward and Paul Blake are among the University of Bath-based athletes featuring on shortlists for the 2013 Bath Chronicle Sports Awards. Team Bath’s netballers continued their domination of the Superleague by winning their fifth title from just eight campaigns in 2013. The team’s present and past players also made up the majority of England squads that scored emphatic series wins over Australia and South Africa. The team...
University of Bath based swimmers Michael Jamieson and Sophie Allen both landed a pair of medals each at the weekend’s FINA World Cup in Moscow. Jamieson, the London 2012 Olympic 200m breaststroke silver medallist and University of Bath Sports Performance graduate, took 200m breaststroke silver in Moscow and followed that up with another silver in the 100m breaststroke. Allen, who like Jamieson trains at British Swimming’s Bath Intensive Training Centre (ITC), kicked off her campaign...
University of Bath-based swimmers Michael Jamieson and Sophie Allen are set to compete at all six events of this autumn’s FINA World Cup tour, starting in Moscow at the weekend. The globetrotting pair, who both train at British Swimming’s Bath Intensive Training Centre, will follow that up by competing in Dubai, Doha, Singapore, Tokyo and Beijing, all within the space of a month. They will be joined by fellow Bath ITC swimmers Lizzie Simmonds and...
Two world champions are among the latest Team Bath athlete of the month award winners, showing the impressive sporting talent based at the University of Bath. The latest six winners also include a world championship medallist, a World Cup gold medallist and a double European champion. Aquae Sulis Performance Swimming Club member Stephanie Millward received the women’s award for August after winning a remarkable four gold medals at the IPC World Championships in Canada. Another...
Bath-based swimmer Stephanie Millward is celebrating an impressive haul of four gold medals from the IPC World Championships in Canada. Millward, who swims with the Aquae Sulis Performance Swimming Club, rounded off her campaign with a pair of golds on the final day of the championships in Montreal yesterday (Sunday). First she took gold in the S9 100m backstroke and she followed that up by helping the British team to gold in a world record...
Olympic silver medallist and Bath-based swimmer Michael Jamieson has been named as an official Games ambassador for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. The University of Bath Sports Performance graduate, who trains at British Swimming’s Bath Intensive Training Centre, won 200m breaststroke silver at the London 2012 Olympics for Great Britain and also silver in the same event for Scotland at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games. He joins the likes of Sir Chris Hoy, Jessica Ennis-Hill...
University of Bath based swimmers Andrew Willis and Michael Jamieson were just edged out of the medals at the Swimming World Championships in Barcelona. The pair, who train at the British Gas Bath Intensive Training Centre came home in fourth and fifth place in the final of the 200m breaststroke on Friday (2 August) night. Willis, who is studying for a Chemical Engineering degree at the University, clocked a time of 2:09.13 to achieve his...
