University of Bath-based Tom Dean and James Guy added World Championships gold to their men’s 4x200m freestyle relay Olympic title with stunning performances for British Swimming in Fukuoka, Japan. Friday’s success saw Dean, a Bill Whiteley Sporting Scholar at the University, complete a full house of medals this week, adding to his individual 200m freestyle silver and 200m individual medley bronze. After strong opening legs from Duncan Scott and Matt Richards, who were also in...
The countdown is on for athletes who train or study at the University of Bath as the Paris 2024 Olympic Games are now just a year away. They will be determined to have secured their place on the biggest sporting stage of all when the Olympic flame is lit in front of the Trocadero on Friday 26th July 2024 following a unique opening ceremony taking place on the River Seine. Two athletes have already achieved...
University of Bath sporting scholar Kate Shortman was overwhelmed after securing Great Britain’s first-ever Artistic Swimming World Championship medal with a history-making performance in Fukuoka, Japan. The Bill Whiteley Scholar won bronze in the Women’s Solo Free competition on Wednesday with a superbly-executed routine which earned her 219.9542 points, only beaten by home favourite Yukiko Inui and Austria’s Vasiliki Alexandri. Shortman, who studies International Management and Modern Languages (French), said: "I can't even put it...
Five years of hard work will pay off for University of Bath-based Luke Turley when he makes his senior British Swimming debut at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. Turley and fellow debutant Cameron Brooker – a Mechanical Engineering student supported by an Ivor Powell Sporting Scholarship – are among seven Performance Centre Bath athletes competing in the swimming section of the championships, along with Jacob Peters, Brodie Williams and Olympic gold-medallists Freya...
University of Bath-based Pentathlon GB athletes are heading home from the 2023 European Games in Krakow, Poland with team gold, a silver medal, three bronze and two Paris 2024 Olympic Games quota places. Olympic and World Champion Joe Choong narrowly missed out on adding the continental men’s title to his collection, crossing the finish line just three seconds behind Italy’s Giorgio Malan, but a strong sprint finish ensured he pipped Hungary’s Csaba Bohm to the...
The University of Bath Swimming Club won 24 medals, six of them gold, and recorded 22 personal bests when they enjoyed a successful trip to Zagreb, Croatia, for the 37th Golden Bear Meet. Niamh Ward produced a hat-trick of backstroke victories over 50m (29.4), 100m (1:02.49) and 200m (2:13.87), while Business student Jemima Hall won 200m freestyle gold (2:00.47) and silver in the 50m backstroke (29.96), 50m freestyle (26.51), 100m backstroke (1:03.22) and 100m freestyle...
University of Bath sporting scholar Kate Shortman says she and artistic swimming partner Izzy Thorpe are targeting an Olympic podium place after winning Women’s Duet bronze at the Kraków-Małopolska 2023 European Games in Poland. It is a first continental medal for 30 years by a British pairing in the Duet and the first major international medal of their careers to date for the duo, who improved on their preliminaries score by more than 15 points...
Five students and Olympic Champion Joe Choong are among the 12 University of Bath-based athletes selected by Team GB for the Kraków-Małopolska 2023 European Games, taking place in Poland from 21st June to 2nd July. Choong is joined by Sport Management and Coaching student Charlie Brown in an eight-strong modern pentathlon team, who all part of Pentathlon GB’s National Training Centre at the Team Bath Sports Training Village. Sam Curry, Charlie Follett, Olivia Green, Myles...
University of Bath sporting scholar Leah Crisp will make her World Aquatics Championships debut in Japan this summer after being named in British Swimming’s marathon team. The Economics and Mathematics student, who is supported by a Santander Scholarship, has been selected alongside Hector Pardoe and Amber Keegan following their performances at the Sardinia leg of the World Aquatics Open Water World Cup earlier this month. All three athletes finished inside the top 20 of their...
Sporting scholar Cameron Brooker won two medals and Commonwealth champion Brodie Williams secured three as University of Bath-based swimmers stepped up their World Championships preparations on the 2023 Mare Nostrum Swim Tour. Mechanical Engineering student Brooker (pictured), supported by an Ivor Powell Scholarship, recorded both of his podium places on the first leg in Canet-En-Roussillon, placing third in the 50m backstroke and 2nd in the 100m backstroke. British Swimming Performance Centre Bath training partner Williams...
