Performance
Led by Team Bath Director of Sport Stephen Baddeley (below, right), the renowned Team Bath Sports Training Village is a leading centre for performance sport, comprising state-of-the-art sport and fitness facilities, world-class coaches and sector-leading sport scientists and physiotherapists all under one roof.
It is one of just eight UK Sport-accredited Elite Training Centres in the country, celebrating the University’s role in helping Team GB and ParalympicsGB athletes achieve their full performance potential.
More than 250 international level athletes – including a host of Olympic, Paralympic, World and Commonwealth Champions – and more than 20 regional or national sport squads have based themselves at the STV or have their national governing body (NGB) based here. University of Bath athletes who compete via our top-five BUCS Sport programme also benefit from this unique training environment.
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Athlete Zone – Athletes and Coaches – Facilities – Fitness – Physiotherapy and Sport Science – Sport
Athlete Zone
Our Athlete Zone groups information for athletes who wish to study, train or combine studying with training at the University of Bath and who are seeking to maximise their potential. We have details relating to our dual-career, scholarship, talented athlete scholarship and full-time athlete programme, as well details of the Student Performance Sport offer scheme that enables successful applicants to receive a reduced offer one grade below the typical offer, in line with our other contextual and alternative offer schemes.
- Student Performance Sport offer scheme
- Breakthrough Programme (formerly Dual Career)
- Full-Time Athletes Programme
- Scholarships
- Team Bath Futures
- Athlete Zone Homepage
Athletes and Coaches
A high number of athletes and coaches who have enjoyed success at national and international level have made the STV their training home since its inception.
Olympic, Paralympic, World and Commonwealth Champions based here over the past two decades include Amy Williams, Lizzy Yarnold and Matt Weston (skeleton); Paul Blake, Jason Gardener, Dai Greene, Colin Jackson and Sophie Kamlish (athletics); Dr Stephanie Cook, Samantha Murray, Mhairi Spence, Jamie Cooke, Joe Choong and Kate French (modern pentathlon); Tom Dean, James Guy, Freya Anderson, Calum Jarvis, Matt Richards, Kieran Bird, Ben Proud, Siobhan-Marie O’Connor, Jazz Carlin, Chris Walker-Hebborn, Suzanna Hext and Stephanie Milward (swimming); Eboni Usoro-Brown, Serena Guthrie and Kadeen Corbin (netball); Vicky Holland (triathlon); and Dimitri Coutya and Piers Gilliver (wheelchair fencing). Click here to see our roll of honour from major Games.
Pentathlon GB‘s National Training Centre has been based at the University since 1998, while the British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association has won eight Winter Olympic Games medals – including three gold – while training on the UK’s only outdoor push-start track. We are home to one of only two Aquatics GB Performance Centres, which has produced nine Olympic medallists, including six champions. What’s more, some of the UK’s top coaches such as Peter Rome, Aaron James, David McNulty and Mark Skimming are based at the STV.
Facilities
At Team Bath we are proud of our multi-sport environment based in and around our inspirational Sports Training Village which provides international-standard training facilities to more than 15 sports. Explore the state-of-the-art facilities at the STV, take a virtual tour of our complex or keep up with the latest developments taking place on campus via our Facilities pages.
Fitness
Team Bath’s STV houses fitness opportunities for athletes of any ability, from our Olympic legacy swimming pool to our outdoor athletics track and state-of-the-art gym.
Our fitness pages offer information related to our Team Bath Gym & Fitness Centre, as well as the High Performance Gym which is dedicated to performance athletes. You can also find out more about our strength and conditioning services, personal training programmes and fitness testing facilities.
Physiotherapy and Sport Science
Our Athletic Performance Team, including physio and sport science specialists, work with performance athletes to help them achieve their goals, including services such as nutrition; injury prevention, treatment and recovery; fitness testing; and strength and conditioning support. Our video analysis and fitness testing suites offer cutting-edge performance enhancement for athletes looking to take their training to the next level.
Sport
Each of the many sports based at the STV has a unique performance sport programme designed to push elite athletes to the very highest level.
We have more than 10 full-time coaches based on campus including former Olympians and international competitors.
Our strong external links with high-profile clubs like Bath Rugby Academy, Team Bath Buccaneers Hockey Club and Bath City Football Club help blood talented athletes into professional sport.
