BBC One’s Superstars 2012 one-off Olympic special was screened on Saturday 29 December. Sixteen British Olympic medallists from London 2012 battled it out for supremacy for show, much of which was filmed at the University of Bath Sports Training Village last month. University of Bath Sports Performance student and Bath Intensive Training Centre swimmer Michael Jamieson was among the eight guys in action. The Olympic silver medallist was joined by 5000m and 10000m gold medallist...
Some of Britain’s stars of the London 2012 Olympics Games will be in action at the University of Bath as filming for the BBC’s Superstar programme takes place. For further background information please go to: University to host filming of BBC Olympic “Superstars” Please note ALL enquiries about tickets and running orders must be made direct to the ticketing agency Applause. You can contact Applause via their website.
Hi everyone, Lots to report this week. Last weekend saw swimming compete in the short course event. It was a successful event that saw Bath finish second. Special mention goes to Michael Jamieson who was awarded male swimmer of the meet, by winning the 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke and coming third in the 200m individual medley. Anne Bochmann had similar success, winning the 200, 400 and 800m freestyle and coming third in the 400m...
Olympic silver medallist Michael Jamieson collected a hat-trick of titles to help the University of Bath team to second place at the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Short Course Swimming Championships. Despite still being in heavy training at the start of the season, Jamieson set a BUCS record of 2:06.65 to comfortably win the 200m breaststroke final. The University of Bath Sports Performance student followed that up with gold in the 50m breaststroke final...
Double Olympian Lizzie Simmonds has moved her training base to British Swimming’s Intensive Training Centre at the University of Bath. Simmonds, who was just edged out of the medals in the 200m backstroke final at the London 2012 Olympic Games, finishing fourth, has just switched from training at Loughborough to Bath. She joins a Bath ITC group that also includes Michael Jamieson, who won 200m breaststroke silver medal at the Olympics. Andrew Willis, who set...
University of Bath-based swimmers Siobahn-Marie O’Connor and Calum Jarvis have been selected to compete at the European Short Course Championships in France next month – the first international swimming championships since London 2012. The pair are members of an 18-strong GB team for the championships, which take place in Chartres from 22 to 25 November. O’Connor and Jarvis both train at the British Swimming’s British Gas Bath Intensive Training Centre. O’Connor returns to action after...
Olympic and Paralympic medallists who train at the University of Bath are the latest winners of the Team Bath athlete of the month awards. Modern pentathlete Samantha Murray and swimmer Michael Jamieson won the August awards to mark their achievements in winning silver medals at the London 2012 Olympics. Paralympic athletes Paul Blake – who won a silver and a bronze at the Games – and Katrina Hart, a relay bronze medallist, won the September...
University of Bath students and staff took the opportunity to pay tribute to athletes linked to the University who won medals at London 2012. Hundreds of students and staff attended the London 2012 medallists celebration event held at the Founders Hall. Seven athletes with University links who won medals at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games attended the celebration. They included Sports Technology graduate Heather Stanning, who learned to row at the University and...
With the students now back on campus, staff and students will get the opportunity to celebrate together the achievements of current and recent University of Bath students who won medals at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Heather Stanning, a Bath graduate and winner of Team GB’s first gold of the Games in the sport of rowing with Helen Glover, will headline a list of athletes from both Games who will be at the University’s...
Bath residents turned out in force to pay tribute to the city’s London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic heroes as they toured the city in a celebratory open top bus parade this morning (Wednesday). Twenty athletes took part in the parade – 13 Olympians across seven different sports and seven Paralympians who competed in four sports at London 2012. Bath city centre came to a standstill as residents turned out to cheer on the athletes, who...
