The third annual Make a Move! event proved to be the biggest and best yet as more than 100 young people under the care of Bristol Children’s Hospital enjoyed a host of accessible sports and fun activities. The Team Bath Sports Training Village was once again buzzing as youngsters and their families had a go at archery, athletics, badminton, ball sports, boxing, judo, kin-ball, mini golf, rowing, table tennis, tennis, volleyball and much more. Team...
Paralympians who train at the University of Bath are heading to Paris determined to write their own chapters in this summer’s sporting success story. Seven athletes from four sports – Dan Bethell (para-badminton), Suzanna Hext (para-swimming), Michael Taylor (para-triathlon), and Gemma Collis, Dimitri Coutya, Piers Gilliver and Oliver Lam-Watson (wheelchair fencing) – have been selected to represent Britain when the Games take place from Wednesday 28th August to Sunday 8th September. Defending Category A epee...
University of Bath-associated athletes finished with two gold medals, three silver, one bronze and a host of historic achievements from the Olympic Games after two weeks of outstanding competition in Paris. Four of the medals were won by current or former Bath sporting scholars, with (pictured top, from left) swimmer Tom Dean, artistic swimmer Kate Shortman, judoka Prisca Awiti-Alcaraz and rower Becky Wilde all having been supported by the University as they pursued their dual...
Kate Shortman and Izzy Thorpe made history once again when they won Great Britain’s first-ever Olympic medal in artistic swimming. The pair produced outstanding Technical and Free routines in the Aquatics Centre in Paris, on Friday and Saturday respectively, to secure a stunning silver in the overall standings. Their latest success follows on from the breakthrough World Aquatics Championships medals won by the duet in February 2024, as well as Bath sporting scholar Shortman’s historic...
Ben Proud added an Olympic medal to his collection of 50m freestyle silverware after narrowly finishing second in a thrilling contest at the Paris La Defense Arena tonight. Tom Dean also raced in his third final of the week, placing fifth in the 200m individual medley behind home favourite Leon Marchand. Proud, who is a member of the University of Bath Swimming Club, has won World, Commonwealth and European gold but fell just short of...
Tom Dean won the third Olympic gold of his career to date and Kieran Bird claimed his first as the University of Bath-based swimmers helped Great Britain retain their men’s 4x200m freestyle title in magnificent fashion at Paris 2024 tonight. Dean once again teamed up with Duncan Scott and former Aquatics GB Bath Performance Centre training partners James Guy and Matt Richards to win Britain’s first swimming gold medal of the Games in the Paris...
University of Bath-based swimmers Freya Anderson, Tom Dean and Jacob Whittle contested their first finals of the week as the Paris 2024 Olympic Games fully got under way on Saturday. Dean and Whittle, both members of the hugely-successful Aquatics GB Bath Performance Centre squad coached by David McNulty, teamed up with Matt Richards – formerly of Bath – and Duncan Scott to place fifth in an outstanding men’s 4x100m freestyle relay final. That came after...
Olympic swimming coach David McNulty says he is proud to accept the award of an honorary degree from the University of Bath, the institution where he has delivered his globally-renowned training programme for the past 16 years. McNulty, who heads to Paris this week for his sixth Games as part of the Team GB coaching staff, has guided swimmers – including reigning champions Tom Dean and Freya Anderson – to 11 Olympic medals during his...
Three international swimmers who have successfully combined training and studying at the University of Bath are celebrating after qualifying to compete at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Chemical Engineering student Henrique Mascarenhas will represent Angola in the 100m freestyle, while Ridhwan Mohamed – who studies Automotive Engineering with Business Management – will contest the 400m freestyle for Kenya on the opening day of competition in the Paris La Defense Arena. Tobi Sijuade, who continues to...
Graduating from the University of Bath and making her Olympics debut – it is going to be quite the summer for sporting scholar Leah Crisp. The marathon swimmer will attend Bath Abbey on Tuesday 16th July for her official graduation ceremony in Economics and Mathematics before returning to the University’s Sports Training Village to continue her final preparations for the Paris Games. Crisp will contest the women’s 10km race on Thursday 8th August (6.30am BST),...
