Golden girl Suzanna Hext wins host nation’s first medal at Manchester 2023 Allianz Para Swimming World Championships

Suzanna Hext won British Swimming’s first medal of the Manchester 2023 Allianz Para Swimming World Championships in magnificent style as she surged to S5 50m freestyle gold. Hext, who does her strength and conditioning training at the Team Bath Sports Training Village, touched the wall first in a new personal best time of 36.71, beating Ukraine’s Iryna Poida to gold by two-hundredths of a second. “It’s an honour to get the Great Britain team going,”...

01 August 2023

Record-breaking end to Fukuoka World Championships as University of Bath-based swimmers past and present secure more medals

Freya Anderson and University of Bath alumna Anna Hopkin helped British Swimming secure their final medal of the Fukuoka 2023 World Aquatic Championships in record-breaking style. After narrowly missing out on the podium in the women’s 4x100m and 4x200m freestyle relays, British Swimming Performance Centre Bath athlete Anderson anchored the mixed 4x100m freestyle quartet to a bronze medal in 3:21.68, a new British and European record. It was Britain’s first-ever World Championships medal in the...

31 July 2023

Plenty to be proud of as Team Bath Netball’s U21s, U19s and U17s achieve top-four finishes at 2023 NPL Tournament

Team Bath Netball narrowly missed out on medals at the 2023 Netball Performance League (NPL) Tournament but can take great pride from their performances in Nottingham. The Blue & Gold’s U21s, U19s and U17s – supported by Team Bath principal sponsors Haines Watts – all finished fourth in their age-groups after a busy weekend of competition. Team Bath’s U21s finished runners-up in Group A following excellent victories over London Pulse (37-32), Severn Stars (39-31) and...

30 July 2023

Super six golds among 17-medal haul for University of Bath swimmers at 2023 British Swimming Summer Championships

Kieran Bird and Joshua Gammon won double gold and Jemima Hall claimed a medal of each colour as University of Bath-based swimmers enjoyed an excellent British Summer Championships 2023 in Sheffield. British Swimming Performance Centre Bath swimmer Bird claimed victory in both the 200m freestyle (1:48.87) and 400m freestyle (3:53.24) at Ponds Forge, while Sports Performance student Gammon stormed to butterfly gold over 50m (23.53) and 100m (52.20). He narrowly missed out on a hat-trick...

29 July 2023

Full house in Fukuoka for Tom Dean as scholar and fellow Bath-based swimmer James Guy add World freestyle relay title to Olympic crown

University of Bath-based Tom Dean and James Guy added World Championships gold to their men’s 4x200m freestyle relay Olympic title with stunning performances for British Swimming in Fukuoka, Japan. Friday’s success saw Dean, a Bill Whiteley Sporting Scholar at the University, complete a full house of medals this week, adding to his individual 200m freestyle silver and 200m individual medley bronze. After strong opening legs from Duncan Scott and Matt Richards, who were also in...

28 July 2023

One year to go: Paris 2024 Olympic Games on the horizon for University of Bath-based athletes and students

The countdown is on for athletes who train or study at the University of Bath as the Paris 2024 Olympic Games are now just a year away. They will be determined to have secured their place on the biggest sporting stage of all when the Olympic flame is lit in front of the Trocadero on Friday 26th July 2024 following a unique opening ceremony taking place on the River Seine. Two athletes have already achieved...

26 July 2023

Sporting scholar Kate Shortman makes history by winning Britain’s first-ever artistic swimming medal at World Aquatics Championships

University of Bath sporting scholar Kate Shortman was overwhelmed after securing Great Britain’s first-ever Artistic Swimming World Championship medal with a history-making performance in Fukuoka, Japan. The Bill Whiteley Scholar won bronze in the Women’s Solo Free competition on Wednesday with a superbly-executed routine which earned her 219.9542 points, only beaten by home favourite Yukiko Inui and Austria’s Vasiliki Alexandri. Shortman, who studies International Management and Modern Languages (French), said: "I can't even put it...

19 July 2023

Students and graduates named among 12-strong GB home team for UIPM Modern Pentathlon World Champs at University of Bath

Pentathlon GB have today announced a 12-strong ‘home’ team for the UIPM Modern Pentathlon World Championships 2023, taking place at their Bath National Training Centre next month. Reigning World and Olympic Champion Joe Choong will be bidding to defend his crown when the Paris 2024 Olympic Games qualifying event takes place at the University of Bath from 19-28 August - click here to purchase tickets. He will be joined in the men’s squad by Myles...

19 July 2023

Hard work reaps it reward as University of Bath swimmer Luke Turley prepares to make World Aquatics Championships debut

Five years of hard work will pay off for University of Bath-based Luke Turley when he makes his senior British Swimming debut at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. Turley and fellow debutant Cameron Brooker – a Mechanical Engineering student supported by an Ivor Powell Sporting Scholarship – are among seven Performance Centre Bath athletes competing in the swimming section of the championships, along with Jacob Peters, Brodie Williams and Olympic gold-medallists Freya...

18 July 2023

Scholar Aleeya Sibbons secures relay gold for GB & NI in new record time at European Athletics U23 Championships

University of Bath sporting scholar Aleeya Sibbons anchored Great Britain & Northern Ireland to women’s 4x100m relay gold at the European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland. The Architecture student, who is supported by a Santander Scholarship and coached by Colin Bovell in the University’s high-performance athletics squad, took the baton in the lead and finished with a flourish as GB claimed the continental title in a new Championship record of 43.04. The quartet of Cassie-Ann Pemberton, Amy...

17 July 2023