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Dan Bethell standing on the top step of a podium, holding a toy mascot and with a gold medal around his neck. He is standing in front of a white backdrop featuring multiple red Badminton Cymru|Wales logos.

Dan Bethell completes ‘Four Nation Slam’ of British & Irish Para Badminton International titles with dominant display in Cardiff

A dominant Dan Bethell won the British & Irish Para Badminton International title for a fourth successive year – and in a fourth different nation. The double Paralympic medallist, who trains at the University of Bath, needed less than 30 minutes to beat India's Umesh Vikram Kumar 21-4 21-7 in the men’s SL3 singles final following an excellent tournament at the Sport Wales National Centre in Cardiff. Bethell – who had won his previous titles...

29 July 2025

A composite image of (left) Team Bath Tennis player Toby Samuel wearing a World University Games silver medal around his neck and holding a toy mascot in his right hand, he is smiling at the camera; (right) rower Josh Knight in a men's single sculls boat on the river in Duisburg during the 2025 World University Games.

Superb silvers for tennis ace Toby Samuel and rower Josh Knight as Bath-based student-athletes excel at 2025 World University Games

Team Bath Tennis ace Toby Samuel and University of Bath-based rower Josh Knight both won silver medals for Great Britain at the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games in Germany. Samuel, coached by Ian MacDonald at the Team Bath Sports Training Village, enjoyed an excellent tournament on the clay courts in Essen and was only denied men’s singles gold by Japan’s Jay Friend who won a gripping final 6-1 4-6 7-5. He also won men’s...

28 July 2025

Backstroke brilliance helps University of Bath swimmers secure 14 medals at 2025 Aquatics GB Next Gen Championships

Sporting scholar Matthew Ward won four gold medals and there was a title double for fellow University of Bath student Niamh Ward at the 2025 Aquatics GB Next Gen Championships in Sheffield. Olympian Jacob Peters also topped the podium as University-based swimmers finished the meet – formerly the British Summer Championships – with 14 medals in total. Matthew Ward, an Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering student supported by a Bill Whiteley Scholarship, dominated the men’s...

27 July 2025

Pentathlon GB’s Emma Whitaker sprints to silver at Senior European Championships in Spain

Emma Whitaker won women’s individual silver for University of Bath-based Pentathlon GB at the 2025 Senior European Championships in Madrid, Spain. The Sports Performance graduate, who was supported by a Santander Sporting Scholarship during her time as a student-athlete at the University, crossed the line just two seconds behind France’s Rebecca Castaudi after an exciting sprint finish. Whitaker had performed consistently throughout a gripping final but saved her best performance to last, her time of...

26 July 2025

Aquatics GB's Izzy Thorpe and Ranjuo Tomblin in the pool, performing an artistic swimming routine during the Mixed Duet Free final at the 2025 World Championships. Ranjuo's left arm is lifting Izzy's right arm out of the water.

Breakthrough bronze at World Champs earns Bath sporting scholar Ranjuo Tomblin his 14th artistic swimming medal of brilliant year

University of Bath sporting scholar Ranjuo Tomblin has capped a stellar season by winning the first World Aquatics Championships medal of his artistic swimming career. The Sports Performance student and partner Izzy Thorpe received a total score of 322.0583 to place third in the Mixed Duet Free final and secure Great Britain’s first-ever World Championships medal in the event. The duo had narrowly missed on a medal in the Mixed Duet Tech on Wednesday and...

25 July 2025

Aleeya Sibbons, the Team Bath Rengen Athlete of the Month for Junes 2025, holds a certificate. She is flanked by University of Bath Director of Sport Stephen Baddeley (left) and Performance Sport Officer Sarah Collin. Behind them is an outdoor athletics track and infield.

Double celebration as GB sprinter Aleeya Sibbons graduates from University of Bath and wins Athlete of the Month award

GB sprinter Aleeya Sibbons had double cause for celebration as she graduated from the University of Bath and was named as the latest Team Bath Rengen Athlete of the Month. The award recognised the excellent progress made by Sibbons following her successful return from a long-term ankle injury that had dashed her hopes of competing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. After 10 months of recovery and rehabilitation, Sibbons won 100m gold in her comeback...

24 July 2025

The Bath University Boat Club mixed eight and cox in their boat on the river, smiling for the camera while wearing the silver medals they won at the 2025 British Rowing Club Championships.

Bath University Boat Club win Victor Ludorum at British Rowing Club Championships for the first time

Last weekend was one for the history books for the South West GB Performance Development Academy (PDA) as athletes on the Olympic Pathway Programme and their University of Bath crew-mates won a flurry of medals to top the rankings at the British Rowing Club Championships. Amid 162 clubs and over 3,000 competitors, the 13 athletes representing Bath University Boat Club brought home one gold, three silver and two bronze medals across three days of racing....

22 July 2025

Brilliantly-executed race sees Bath sporting scholar Justin Davies win first major medal of international career at European U23 Champs

University of Bath sporting scholar Justin Davies secured the first major individual medal of his international career as he won an excellent 800m silver at the European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway. The Team Bath AC runner, coached by Martin Rush, produced a perfectly-timed dip on the line to clock 1:44.97 and pip Italy’s Giovanni Lazzaro to second spot by one-hundredth of a second. “This one really hasn’t sunk in, I don’t think it...

21 July 2025

Portrait pictures of Max Ojomoh (left) and Tom Pittman, wearing England Rugby and USA Eagles kit respectively. The former University of Bath men's 1st XV players both made their international debuts in July 2025.

From BUCS Super Rugby to international stage – Bath graduates Max Ojomoh and Tom Pittman make debuts for England and USA Eagles

After playing alongside each other for the University of Bath in BUCS Super Rugby, Max Ojomoh and Tom Pittman faced each other on the international stage when England took on the United States in Washington DC on Saturday. It was a senior debut for Bath Rugby treble winner Ojomoh, who formally graduated from the University last week after completing his Business degree. Lining up at inside centre for the USA Eagles was Sports Performance alumnus...

20 July 2025

Nottingham Forest Netball player Jayda Pechova, right, has her eyes on the ball as she attempts to intercept an aerial pass from a Loughborough Lightning player. who is pictured left.

Bath scholar Jayda Pechova targeting Netball World Youth Cup after being named as NSL Young Player of the Year 2025

A standout season with new franchise Nottingham Forest has earned University of Bath sporting scholar Jayda Pechova the NSL (Netball Super League) Young Player of the Year Award for 2025. The Sports Performance student was in the top three players for interceptions, deflections and gains as she continued the excellent defensive partnership she had forged with Tash Pavelin at Team Bath Netball to help Forest finish fifth in their debut season. Pechova, who is supported...

19 July 2025