University of Bath sporting scholar Kate Shortman got her international season off to a strong start by winning bronze at the World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup in Montpellier, France. Olympian Shortman, who is supported by a Bill Whiteley Scholarship, and partner Isabelle Thorpe showcased the work they have put into their new Women’s Free Duet routine by earning a high execution mark of 238.49 to comfortably place on the podium with an overall score...
Netballer Emma Payne has been voted by their fellow student-athletes as the University of Bath Sports Personality of the Year in the 2023 Blues Awards. The Sport and Exercise Science student was recognised for her contribution to the University’s netball club over the past four years, which has seen her serve as Chair this year alongside helping the 1st team reach the BUCS National Championships final. She also plays for Team Bath Netball U21s in the NPL division and has...
Paralympic and World Champions were joined by some of British Swimming’s rising stars when the University of Bath hosted a Visually Impaired and Lower Classification Relay Camp this week. The camp allowed several swimmers to step up preparations for this summer’s Manchester 2023 Para Swimming World Championships and was also an important development opportunity for Podium Potential athletes. Among those attending were Tokyo 2020 Paralympian and World medallist Suzanna Hext, who knows the Team Bath...
Sporting scholars past and present Luke Turley and Cameron Brooker will make their World Championships debuts in Japan this summer after being named among seven University of Bath-based swimmers selected in the British squad. Mechanical Engineering student Brooker (pictured left), supported by an Ivor Powell Scholarship, and Turley (pictured right), who was backed by Goldsmith and Santander Scholarships while studying Sports Performance at the University, earned their places after impressing at the British Swimming Championships...
Jacob Peters and Freya Anderson won double gold and there were further titles for Tom Dean, Joshua Gammon and Luke Turley as University of Bath-based athletes claimed a host of medals at the 2023 British Swimming Championships in Sheffield. Peters followed up his 100m butterfly one-two with British Swimming Performance Centre Bath training partner James Guy by recording the fastest time in the world this year in Sunday’s stacked 50m butterfly final. Going in lane...
University of Bath students won 11 medals, including gold for sporting scholar Leah Crisp, and set a host of personal bests when they competed in athletics, badminton, climbing and swimming at the 2023 BUCS Nationals in Sheffield. Leading the way with 10 of the podium places was the Bath student swimming squad, who secured impressive fourth-placed finishes in the men’s, women’s and overall rankings after some superb performances at the BUCS Long Course Championships. Twenty...
Aspiring Olympians in artistic swimming and rowing, a rising road-race cycling star and two Team Bath Netball Super League players have been awarded sporting scholarships by the University of Bath for the 2022-23 academic year. George Gray, Sophie Kelly, Jayda Pechova, Angus Pollock and Laura Turberville – who all combine their burgeoning sporting careers with studying at The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023 University of the Year – have received a...
Youngsters trying out for a new Pathway programme run by Team Bath AS Performance Swimming Club received a surprise visit from Paralympic champion Stephanie Millward. The University of Bath Hall of Fame for Sport inductee brought along her gold medal from Rio 2016 to help inspire the children, aged 7-12 years, who were at the Team Bath Sports Training Village for trials in the Olympic-sized pool that Millward trained in for almost a decade. Nerves...
World, European and Commonwealth champions were crowned, more than 100 international medals were won and new elite training centres were opened during another unforgettable year of sport at the University of Bath. The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games saw 37 sportspeople who train, study or studied at the University of Bath – named as the University of the Year in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023 – compete across nine different sports...
Tom Dean completed his collection of individual medals from international competitions and Anna Hopkin secured her first as University of Bath students past and present finished 2022 on the podium at the FINA World Short-Course Swimming Championships. Ben Proud, of the University’s swimming club, also went mighty close to defending his 50m freestyle title during an exciting weekend of racing in Melbourne, Australia. Bill Whiteley Sporting Scholar Dean, coached by David McNulty at the Team...
