Trampolinists claim World Championship medals

Two athletes who train at the University of Bath are celebrating medals at the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships in Bulgaria. Laura Gallagher joined forces with Emma Smith, Kat Driscoll and Bryony Page to win gold in the women’s trampoline team final in Sofia. Silver went to Canada with Belarus coming third. Laura, who also finished 14th in the individual competition, only returned to action at the end of June after eight months out through injury....

12 November 2013

Lizzie lands a hat-trick in Tokyo

University of Bath-based swimmer Lizzie Simmonds landed three medals and an English record at the penultimate leg of the 2013 FINA World Cup in Tokyo. Simmonds, who is based at British Swimming’s Bath Intensive Training Centre, broke her own English short course record to take silver in the 50m backstroke. She followed that up with another silver in the 200m backstroke and then 100m backstroke bronze. Her medals came just three days after a haul...

11 November 2013

Nartey wins gold in Mauritius

Team Bath judo player Emmanuel Nartey has captured the second World Cup gold of his career, winning his class at the African Open in Mauritius. The Ghanaian London 2012 Olympian beat fighters from Gabon and Poland en route to the final of the under-73kg class. He rounded off his campaign with victory over Ireland’s Caoimhin Thompson in the final. “After four years switching between silvers and bronzes, I finally won by second World Cup gold,”...

11 November 2013

More World Cup medals for Simmonds and Allen

University of Bath-based swimmers Lizzie Simmonds and Sophie Allen added to their World Cup medal hauls with another medal each in Singapore today (Wednesday). Lizzie, who trains at the British Gas Bath Intensive Training Centre at the University of Bath, completed a hat-trick of medals in Singapore by adding the 100m backstroke bronze to the two silvers she won yesterday (Tuesday).  She came within a second of her British record as she touched in 57.58...

06 November 2013

Swimmer Lizzie breaks English record

University of Bath-based Lizzie Simmonds broke her English short course 50m Backstroke record as four Brits claimed medals on day one of the Singapore leg of the 2013 FINA World Cup series. The British Gas ITC Bath swimmer clocked 26.85 to slice 0.03 off her previous best from the 2008 European Short Course Championships and claim silver behind Australia’s Emily Seebohm (26.70). Simmonds scooped a second silver in the 200m Backstroke, clocking 2:03.30 to finish...

05 November 2013

Eilidh named Scottish Athlete of the Year

University of Bath-based athlete Eilidh Child has been named Scottish Athlete of the Year for 2013. The London 2012 Olympic collected the honour at a scottishathletics and jogscotland dinner in Glasgow on Saturday night. It came towards the end of a terrific year for Eilidh, who is coached in Bath by Malcolm Arnold, British Athletics Lead Hurdles Coach. Eilidh won 400m silver and helped the GB 4x400m relay quartet to gold at the European Indoor...

28 October 2013

Bartu receives prestigious award

Jan Bartu, the University of Bath-based Performance Director of Pentathlon GB, has won a prestigious West Country sports award. Jan received the Performance Coach of the Year award at the West of England Celebration of Sport Evening on Thursday 24 October .  The awards ceremony was run by Wesport, the West of England Sport Trust and was held in Bristol. He said the award recognised the team effort of everyone at Pentathlon GB, which has...

28 October 2013

British Skeleton announces World Cup selections

British Skeleton, which has its headquarters at the University of Bath, has named the athletes that will compete on the World Cup and Intercontinental Cup circuits in the lead-up to the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. The announcement comes after two days of selection racing on the Altenberg track in Germany. Lizzy Yarnold won the women’s selections races with Ed Smith winning the men’s competition. University of Bath Coach Education and Sports Performance graduate Shelley...

24 October 2013

Jamieson and Allen continue impressive form in Dubai and Doha

University of Bath-based swimmers Michael Jamieson and Sophie Allen continued their impressive FINA World Cup performances in Dubai and Doha. The pair, who train at British Swimming’s Bath Intensive Training Centre (ITC), landed a brace of silver medals apiece at the Moscow World Cup. Michael, Britain’s London 2012 Olympic 200m breaststroke silver medalist, followed that up with gold in the 200m breaststroke in Dubai and silver in the 100m breaststroke. The University of Bath Sports...

22 October 2013

Bath ITC swimmers selected for European Short Course Champs

University of Bath-based swimmers will make up half of the British team competing at the European Short Course Championships in Denmark in December. Six swimmers who train at British Swimming’s Bath Intensive Training Centre (ITC) feature in the 12-strong team to compete at Herning on 12 to 15 December. Andrew Willis, a University of Bath Chemical Engineering student, is joined by fellow Bath ITC swimmer Michael Jamieson, a University of Bath Sports Performance graduate, as...

21 October 2013