Fencing

Home of champions

The University of Bath Sports Training Village is home to Pentathlon GB‘s Olympic athletes and the Wheelchair Fencing National Training Centre, the long-term training base for reigning double Paralympic champion Dimitri Coutya and Tokyo 2020 gold-medallist Piers Gilliver.

They, along with team-mate Oliver Lam-Watson, came home with an incredible 19 medals between them from the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

Under the coaching of Peter Rome, Piers – who has been based at the STV since 2015 – became Britain’s first Paralympic medallist for 24 years when he won Category A epee silver at Rio 2016. Dimitri joined Piers at Bath in 2017 and was crowned as World Champion that year in both Category B epee and foil. Both went on to win world titles in 2019.

The British Fencing squad are based in the Wheelchair Fencing National Training Centre, a spacious and purpose-built facility in the Sports Training Village which was officially opened in December 2022. Click here to find out more.

Something for everyone

The University of Bath is home to Bath Sword Club, the largest club in the South West region. Established in 1948, members are aged from eight through to their 70s and training takes place in the Founders Hall. Click here to find out more about the club and how to join.

The University of Bath also has a thriving student fencing club which trains in the fencing salle. Student-athletes to have excelled in recent years include Tom Edwards, who was ranked as British number one in epee, and Chris Hay – both represented Britain at World Cup events and were supported by the Team Bath Breakthrough Programme. Click here to find out more about the student fencing club.

Book the fencing salle

Please contact Amy Pinchen via email or call 01225 387407.