Sprinter Katrina Hart races to World Championships crown in New Zealand

University of Bath student Katrina Hart is celebrating after adding a World Championships crown to the Commonwealth Games title she won last year. The 20-year-old Sports Performance student struck gold in the T37 200m at the International Paralympic Committee World Championships in Christchurch yesterday (Sunday). Today she added a bronze in the T35-38 4×100m relay. And there have also been a brace of silvers medals for University of Bath-based athletes too, with Ben Rushgrove collecting...

24 January 2011

British Skeleton duo Shelley Rudman and Amy Williams win gold and bronze respectively at 2011 European Championships

University of Bath sporting alumnus, Shelley Rudman, pipped her team-mate and great rival Amy Williams, the Olympic champion, to European gold in Winterberg today during the sixth Skeleton World Cup there which doubles as the European Championships. The world cup win was Rudman’s first of the season after four previous runners-up slots and put her in pole position on the international rankings. The now Sheffield-based but former Wiltshire athlete, who was talent spotted into the...

22 January 2011

Kelly Gallagher becomes first British athlete to win World Championships medal in a Paralympic Alpine event

University of Bath graduate Kelly Gallagher has made a piece of history by becoming the first British athlete to win a World Championships medal in a Paralympic Alpine event. The Mathematics graduate and her guide, Charlotte Evans, took silver in the women’s visual-impaired slalom at Sestriere in Italy. "Charlotte helped me with getting down the slope really well, giving me really good instructions, so it was a good race," Gallagher said. Gold went to Henrieta...

21 January 2011

Amy Williams and Sam Weale win British Olympic Association Athlete of the Year awards for 2010

University of Bath graduates Amy Williams and Sam Weale have been named winners of the British Olympic Association Athlete of the Year awards for their respective sports. Williams, a Sports Performance graduate, collected the bobsleigh/skeleton award after winning skeleton gold for Great Britain at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. She said: “I’m delighted to receive the BOA Olympic Athlete of the Year award. This caps a really special year for me, the highlight of...

21 December 2010

Mayor of Bath pays tribute to Commonwealth Games athletes

Mayor of Bath Councillor Shaun McGall has paid tribute to Bath-based athletes who competed at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games. The Mayor hosted a civic reception for athletes in the historic surroundings of the Mayor’s Parlour in the Guildhall. Athletes who train at the University of Bath and represented England, Scotland and Wales in Delhi attended the reception. They brought a fine collection of Commonwealth Games medals along with them. The Mayor said: “I wanted...

03 December 2010

Bath’s Vancouver 2010 golden girl Amy Williams presented with her MBE at Buckingham Palace.

Bath’s Olympic golden girl Amy Williams was today presented with her MBE by The Princess Royal at Buckingham Palace.  The University of Bath Sports Performance graduate received the honour in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List following her outstanding performance in winning skeleton gold at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games in March. Amy said: “I was really proud and pleased today. It’s a lovely medal, it’s really pretty, and it’s going to go alongside my...

25 November 2010

All Blacks train at University of Bath

New Zealand’s mighty All Blacks warmed up for their final autumn international with a training session at the University of Bath today (Tuesday). It’s the second time the All Blacks have trained at the University of Bath following an earlier visit four years ago. Victory over Wales in Saturday’s clash at the Millennium Stadium would give the All Blacks a remarkable seventh consecutive European tour clean sweep since Graham Henry became the team’s coach. Darren...

23 November 2010

British Bobsleigh return to train at Team Bath

The British bobsleigh team has returned to its roots to train at the University of Bath. The partnership between British Bobsleigh and Team Bath was announced at a launch event at the Sports Training Village today (19 October) before the British crews head off around the world for the start of the new season. Michael Hoch, Chief Operating Officer of the Department of Sport, said: “We are delighted to add bobsleigh to the TeamBath family,...

19 October 2010

Graduate Katherine Endacott wins gold and silver medals on athletics track at Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games

University of Bath graduate Katherine Endacott added a gold medal in the 4x100m relay to the individual 100m medal she won earlier this week at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games. The Coach Education and Sports Performance graduate led off the England quartet that took gold ahead of Ghana and India today. Endacott, who lives in Plymouth, has also learned today that her individual 100m bronze has now been upgraded to silver following the disqualification of...

12 October 2010

Katrina Hart wins 100m gold for England at Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games

University of Bath Sports Performance student Katrina Hart struck gold at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games. The 20-year-old Paralympic athlete sprinted to gold in the T37 100m final to claim England’s first athletics gold medal of the Games. And she did it in style, setting a British record of 14.36 seconds. She becomes the first University of Bath-based athlete to claim a medal in Delhi. Hart, who is coached by Rob Ellchuk at the University,...

07 October 2010