A new dedicated training facility for the world-leading Great Britain wheelchair fencing squad has today been officially opened at the University of Bath, along with a rehabilitation studio for athletes from other Olympic and Paralympic sports. World Champions and Tokyo 2020 medallists Dimitri Coutya and Piers Gilliver, fresh from winning four gold medals apiece at the 2022 European Championships, treated guests from the University, the English Institute of Sport (EIS), British Fencing, UK Sport and...
University of Bath-based Olympic Champion Joe Choong and sporting scholar Emma Whitaker have both won Athlete of the Year honours in the UIPM 2022 Annual Awards for modern pentathlon. Choong – who studied Mathematics at the University, where he trains with Pentathlon GB – was named as Best Senior Male Pentathlete after winning the World Championship for the first time in July, completing his set of global titles. Sports Performance student Whitaker, supported by a...
University of Bath students Emma Whitaker and Charlie Brown struck mixed relay gold at the end of an impressive week for Pentathlon GB at the Modern Pentathlon Junior World Championships in Poland. Both had recorded top-ten finishes in Saturday’s individual finals, with Sports Performance student Whitaker – who is supported by a Santander Sporting Scholarship - placing fifth in the women’s competition and Sports Management & Coaching student Brown finishing eighth in the men’s event....
Seven University of Bath students have been selected to represent Pentathlon GB at the 2022 Junior World Pentathlon Championships, taking place in Zielona Góra-Drzonków, Poland from 2-9 October. Santander Sporting Scholar Emma Whitaker (pictured, Sports Performance) and Alex Bousfield (Politics and International Relations) will look to build on impressive senior performances when they contest the women’s events. Looking to gain more international experience in the men’s competition is Guy Anderson (Accounting and Finance), Charlie Brown...
Charlie Follett struck individual and team gold, and fellow University of Bath alumna Jo Muir won silver as Pentathlon GB’s women excelled at the 2022 Modern Pentathlon European Championships in Székesfehérvár, Hungary. Olympic Champion Kate French and recent Bath graduate Myles Pillage also dominated the mixed relay competition, winning the title in impressive style. Psychology graduate Follett was in fantastic form all week and built on her outstanding fencing performance in the ranking round, where...
University of Bath alumni Joe Choong and Jess Varley added mixed relay silver to the gold medals they won on Saturday as Pentathlon GB concluded the UIPM 2022 Pentathlon World Championships in fine style in Alexandria, Egypt. Choong, who won the individual men’s title, and Varley, part of the British trio that won team gold in the women’s final, teamed up to finish runners-up to runaway leaders Woongtae Jun and Sunwoo Kim of South Korea...
University of Bath-based Joe Choong has completed his collection of global titles – and achieved a childhood dream – after winning gold in outstanding fashion at the UIPM 2022 Pentathlon World Championships in Alexandria, Egypt on Saturday. There was more gold for Pentathlon GB in the women’s final as University of Bath sporting scholar Olivia Green and graduates Jess Varley and Charlie Follett all recorded terrific top-10 finishes to secure the team title. Reigning Olympic...
University of Bath alumna Jess Varley produced another outstanding laser-run performance to secure a superb silver for Pentathlon GB at the UIPM 2022 Pentathlon World Cup Final in Ankara, Turkey. Olympic Champion Joe Choong finished just outside the medals in the men’s final and there was another impressive top-10 finish for University of Bath sporting scholar Olivia Green in the women’s race. Varley, who studied Natural Sciences and trains with Pentathlon GB at the Team...
University of Bath alumni and reigning Olympic champions Joe Choong and Kate French were once more in medal winning form at the weekend’s world cup in Ankara, Turkiye, taking gold and bronze respectively in their individual events. A second individual gold came from another Bath Alumna Jess Varley who also trains at the University of Bath Sports Training Village alongside Choong and French and for whom this was a debut individual world cup gold. Varley...
Team Bath, the sports department for the University of Bath, is delighted to announce a new three-year partnership with Bath Building Society. The link-up between two of the city’s most recognised brands, both within the local community and nationally, will see Bath Building Society support sport and fitness at all levels within Team Bath – student, recreational and high-performance. It will also provide additional backing to the Team Bath Netball Superleague team, the University of...
