TeamBath

Team Bath is the University of Bath's sporting organisation. In addition to entering teams in BUCS intervarsity competitions, Team Bath has also entered teams in national leagues and competitions. Team Bath F.C. reached the first round proper of the 2002–03 FA Cup. They become the first university team to reach this stage since Oxford University A.F.C. in 1880. In 2005–06 the netball team were both founder members and the inaugural champions of the Netball Superleague. They were Superleague champions again in 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10 and 2013. The field hockey club enter a team in the Men's England Hockey League.

Team Bath's main sports complex is the Sports Training Village based at the University of Bath campus at Claverton Down. The university has hosted several sporting events, including the 1995 European Youth Summer Olympic Days, the 2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone competition and the 2023 UIPM Laser-Run and Pentathlon World Championships. The facilities at the University of Bath have also been used as a training base by many individual Olympians and Paralympians.

History

Historic 2024

The year 2024 marked a significant period of success for Team Bath athletes across various sports, particularly at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Olympic and Paralympic Success

Team Bath athletes secured 17 medals during the Paris 2024 Games.

. Notable achievements include:

* Dimitri Coutya and Piers Gilliver in wheelchair fencing, each winning four medals (two gold, one silver, one bronze).
* Tom Dean becoming a triple Olympic champion in swimming, defending the men's 4x200m freestyle relay title.
* Dan Bethell winning a silver medal in SL3 men's singles para-badminton.
* Kate Shortman and Izzy Thorpe claiming Team GB's first-ever Olympic artistic swimming medal with silver in the Duet event.

World Championships and European Titles

Team Bath athletes excelled in various international competitions:

* Kate Shortman and Izzy Thorpe won Britain's first World Championships medals in artistic swimming (silver and bronze) in February.
* Marcus Wyatt became the men's European Champion in skeleton.
* Matt Weston won silver in both the men's race and team event at the Skeleton World Championships.
* Corie Mapp secured Overall World Cup gold in para-bobsleigh.
* Freya Anderson anchored Aquatics GB to women's medley relay silver at the World Aquatics Short-Course Championships.

Rugby Achievements

The University's rugby program saw significant milestones:

* Archie Griffin became the first current student to make his senior international debut for Wales in the Six Nations.
* Jenny Hesketh and Mollie Wilkinson made their Welsh debuts in the Women's Six Nations.
* Six students were selected for the U20 Six Nations across England, Scotland, and Wales teams.

Other Notable Achievements

* Team Bath athletes brought back a total of 93 senior international medals to their training base.
* The University received UK Sport-accredited Elite Training Centre status.
* A £450,000 upgrade of the Team Bath Gym was completed.
* The 50th anniversary of the Founders Hall opening was celebrated.

These achievements underscore Team Bath's continued prominence in British and international sports, showcasing success across a wide range of disciplines and competitions.

Hall of Fame

Medallists

The following athletes have either been students at the University of Bath or have been based at the University's training facilities.

Summer Olympics

;Artistic swimming

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;Athletics

;Judo

;Modern Pentathlon
The University of Bath has hosted the Pentathlon GB National Training Centre since 1998.

;Rowing
The University of Bath has hosted a British Rowing Performance Development Academy (previously known as Start) since 2003.

;Swimming
The University of Bath has hosted the Aquatics GB Bath Performance Centre since 2008.

Summer Paralympics

;Athletics

;Sailing

;Swimming

;Wheelchair fencing
The University of Bath hosts the Wheelchair Fencing National Training Centre, which officially opened in December 2022.

Winter Olympics

;Skeleton
The University of Bath hosts the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association national training centre and has the UK's only outdoor push-start track.

Winter Paralympics

;Alpine skiing

Facilities

Sports Training Village

Team Bath's main sports complex is the Sports Training Village based at University of Bath campus at Claverton Down. Facilities include:

* Olympic-sized London 2012 legacy pool.
* Fitness gyms
* Outdoor floodlit 400m athletics track.
* Indoor sprint track.
* Three large sprung-wood sports halls.
* Indoor and outdoor tennis courts.
* Judo dojo.
* Fencing pistes.
* Outdoor and indoor shooting ranges.
* Bobsleigh/skeleton push-start track
* Rugby and football pitches
* Outdoor field hockey pitches
* Physio treatment areas and sport science labs

Directors of Sport

References

External links

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Team Bath on Facebook

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University and college sports clubs in England