University of Bath student footballers Gary Warren and Hector Mackie help Britain win silver medals at 2011 World University Games

University of Bath graduates Gary Warren and Hector Mackie had to settle for silver as the Great Britain men’s football team went down 2-0 to Japan in the World University Games final. Team GBR dispatched Brazil in a semi-final penalty shootout to book a place in yesterday’s final in Shenzhen, China. The silver medal is the GBR football team’s best performance yet at a World University Games. It means three University of Bath athletes return...

23 August 2011

University of Bath student swimmer Jess Dickons wins Britain’s first medal at 2011 World University Games

University of Bath student Jess Dickons has won Britain’s first medal of the World University Games in China when she struck gold in the 200m butterfly final. The 21-year-old Sports Performance student came home in 2:08.91, just edging out Japan’s Natsumi Hoshi by three-hundredths of a second at the Games in Shenzhen. “I knew it was going to be a really quick race and I knew there were some fast swimmers in there,” said Dickons,...

19 August 2011

New High-Performance Gym opens for elite athletes at Team Bath Sports Training Village

Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls training in Bath and the South West have been given a boost in their preparations for 2012 with the opening of a new £100,000 Performance Gym dedicated to the requirements of world-class athletes at the University of Bath. The new gym has been developed and funded by a partnership between the University, the English Institute of Sport (EIS), Sport England, UK Sport and TASS, and will provide priority access to top...

10 August 2011

Paul Blake sets new T36 800m World Record at 2011 London Disability Athletics Grand Prix

University of Bath-based Paralympic athlete Paul Blake set a world record at the London Disability Athletics Grand Prix in Crystal Palace. Blake broke the previous world record held by Artem Arefyev by 0.81 seconds, shaving 2.4 seconds off his own personal best time. He cut the world record to 2:08.02. The twenty-one year old from Dorchester was quite shocked by his time. “I thought it was around the 2:09 mark,” he said, “but was amazed...

07 August 2011

First modern pentathlon athletes achieve qualification standard for London 2012 Olympic Games

University of Bath-based athletes Jamie Cooke and Freyja Prentice have become the first British modern pentathletes to achieve the qualifying standard to compete at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Cooke achieved the qualifying standard by finishing fourth at the European Championships at Medway Park in Kent on Saturday (30 July). The 20-year-old’s performances included setting a world record for the modern pentathlon 200m freestyle. And Prentice followed that up by finishing eighth in the women’s...

01 August 2011

Gold, silver and bronze for Bath athletes at European Under-23 Championships

University of Bath based Jack Green, Danny Talbot and Lawrence Clarke all picked up medals this weekend at the European Athletics Under-23 Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Each of them performed strongly on the track to bring home medals in their events. Jack Green, coached by UK Athletics National Events Coach for Hurdles Malcolm Arnold, won gold in the 400m hurdles with a time of 49.13 defeating Great Britain team-mate Nathan Woodward by 0.15 seconds....

18 July 2011

Swimmer Siobhan-Marie O’Connor collects golden hat-trick at 2011 European Junior Championships

University of Bath-based Siobhan-Marie O’Connor performed exceptionally well at the European Junior Championships to bring home three gold medals and a silver, making her the most successful female swimmer at the event. At the tournament in Belgrade, she won the girls’ 400m medley in a time of 4:46.61, followed by a win in the girls’ 4x100m medley and the girls’ 200m medley. O’Connor, who trains at the University of Bath with the British Gas Intensive...

12 July 2011

Team Bath netballers claim bronze at World Championships

Four University of Bath-based netball players featured in England’s triumph over Jamaica at the World Netball Championships in Singapore to claim the bronze medal. England were unfortunate to lose 49-34 to New Zealand in the semi-final match but came back in style to produce a 70-49 victory over close rivals Jamaica. University of Bath Business Administration graduate, Pamela Cookey performed well inside the circle to give England an 18-12 lead at the end of the...

11 July 2011

Pentathlon GB’s Nick Woodbridge becomes first British man to win a World Cup Final medal

Britain's Nick Woodbridge won the bronze medal at the Modern Pentathlon World Cup Final in London today (Saturday). Woodbridge, who trains at the Pentathlon GB High Performance Centre at the University of Bath, became the British man to win a World Cup Final medal. "It's fantastic, especially to do it at the Olympic venue," said a delighted Woodbridge. "I've won two World Cup medals before, but to do it at a World Cup Final is...

09 July 2011

Team Bath swimmer Liz Johnson wins gold at 2011 International Paralympic Committee European Championships

Team Bath swimmer Liz Johnson struck gold at the International Paralympic Committee European Championships in Germany today (Monday). Johnson won the SB6 100m breaststroke title at the championships in Berlin, the same discipine in which she took gold at the Beijing 2008 Paralymic Games. Johnson, who is coached by Mark Skimming at the University of Bath, won in a time of 1:38.89 – just over a second clear of British team-mate Charlotte Henshaw.

04 July 2011