Artistic swimmer Ranjuo Tomblin is a quadruple continental champion after an exceptional Paris 2026 European Aquatics Championships for the University of Bath sporting scholar. Kate Shortman, who graduated from the University this summer, also won a bronze medal on her return to the Olympic Aquatics Centre in Saint-Denis where she made Olympic history for Team GB at Paris 2024. [caption id="attachment_73156" align="alignright" width="292"] Ranjuo Tomblin won gold in all four of his events at Paris...
University of Bath-based Cam Brooker collected a second swimming silver of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games after again playing his part in Team England relay success. The Aquatics GB Bath Performance Centre swimmer led off for England in the men’s 4x200m freestyle heats and got the quartet off to a strong start, his split of 1:49.75 establishing a hold on second place which his team-mates maintained. The quartet again changed for the evening’s final, with...
Five students and four recent graduates are among the University of Bath-associated athletes, coaches and support staff who will be proudly representing their countries at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, which begin this week. Bill Whiteley Sporting Scholar Matthew Ward will be racing for Team Scotland in the swimming pool, while his Aquatics GB Bath Performance Centre team-mates Cam Brooker, Jack Skerry and Jacob Peters – at his third Games – will be competing for...
Middle-distance athlete Justin Davies and netballer Jayda Pechova are the latest University of Bath sporting scholars to be officially selected to compete at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Biomedical Sciences student Davies, who is supported by an Alumni Fund Scholarship and coached by Martin Rush at the Team Bath Sports Training Village, will represent Team Wales in the 800m, an event in which he holds the national record both indoors and outdoors. Trendell Sporting Scholar...
Ranjuo Tomblin struck gold in all four of his events at the World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup Super Final as the University of Bath sporting scholar capped a magnificent campaign in stunning style. The Sports Performance student, supported by a Trendell Scholarship, went to Toronto, Canada in excellent form having already won 13 medals, eight of them gold, from the previous four World Cup stops during 2026. He took his performances to another level...
University of Bath student Poppy Clark continued an excellent start to her senior pentathlon career when she won a stunning silver at the UIPM World Cup in Budapest, Hungary. Fellow Team Bath Breakthrough student-athlete Sebastian Forrest also earned a place on the wider podium after recording an impressive top-five finish on his first appearance in a men’s final. Biochemistry student Clark, who trains with Pentathlon GB at the University’s Sports Training Village, was making just...
University of Bath sporting scholar Ranjuo Tomblin continued his outstanding Artistic Swimming World Cup form by claiming three more gold medals at Stop 4 of the 2026 season in Pontevedra, Spain. The first came in the mixed duet technical as Tomblin and Izzy Thorpe topped the rankings for a third time this year, this time with a score of 225.9034. Tomblin, a Sports Performance student who is supported by a Trendell Scholarship, added to his...
University of Bath sporting scholar Ranjuo Tomblin took his World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup 2026 medal tally to 10 by securing two gold and two silver when China hosted the third round of competition. The Sports Performance student, supported by a Trendell Scholarship, struck gold in the men’s solo technical with a new personal best points total of 245.6850. He also recorded a lifetime best of 249.8225 to win men’s solo free silver. Tomblin...
It was a busy Bank Holiday Weekend for University of Bath student-athletes as they contested the BUCS Rowing Regatta and BUCS Outdoor Athletics Championships, winning five medals. Crew Bath fielded 34 crews during four days of racing at the Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre in Nottingham and started strongly with a medal in the first final, Tom Osmond (top left) winning silver in the open beginner single sculls in 3:27.80. There was also silver in...
Netballer and sporting scholar Sophie Kelly has been voted by her fellow students as the University of Bath’s Sports Personality of the Year 2026. The Bill Whiteley Scholar, who will complete her Management degree course this summer, was presented with the accolade at the 2026 Blues Awards, The SU Bath’s annual celebration of student sport which took place at the Roman Baths and Pump Room. It is the latest success for former Team Bath Netball...
