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...
University of Bath student and twice British junior snowboard cross champion Jamie Barrow is fine-tuning his preparations to make his World University Winter Games debut in Turkey later this month. The 18-year-old Sports Performance student is a member of the British team competing at the Games, which take place in Erzurum from 27 January to 6 February. Jamie, who was joint winner of the University of Bath’s 2010 Santander Outstanding Sportsman Fresher of the Year...
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...
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...
This Saturday (20 November) boxing makes its long-awaited return to Bath with a bill at the Sports Training Village that features an English title fight. Wiltshire’s Nick ‘Bang Bang’ Blackwell takes on York’s Harry Matthews for the vacant English middleweight belt in the headline contest. The highly-rated 20-year-old Trowbridge boxer gets a shot at the English belt after only six professional bouts. There is also a full supporting card. The action takes place at the...
