| Year
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Key events
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| 1968 |
University of Bath student, David Hembrow, swims for Great Britain at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He becomes the University's first Olympian.
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| 1971 |
Construction on the new sports facilities begins at Claverton Down; Tom Hudson is appointed as the University's first Director of Physical Education. He remains in the role for the next twenty years.
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| 1972 |
Former Wales football international, Ivor Powell, joins the University of Bath as a football coach. He goes on to serve in the role for thirty eight years.
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| 1974 |
Denis Howell MP officially opens the new sports facilities.
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| 1976 |
University of Bath becomes the first university in the United Kingdom to offer a sports scholarship. Martyn Hedges becomes the first recipient.
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| 1987 |
The England national rugby union team begin to train at the University of Bath.
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| 1990 |
James May, a University of Bath sports scholar wins, representing England at the 1990 Commonwealth Games wins a gymnastics vault gold medal.
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| 1994 |
Sir Roger Bannister officially opens the athletics track.
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| 1995 |
University of Bath hosts the 1995 European Youth Summer Olympic Days
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| 1997 |
Phase I of the Sports Training Village is completed. A 50m swimming pool and four indoor tennis courts are added to the athletics track, eight outdoor tennis courts and field hockey pitch.
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| 1999 |
Colin Jackson, coached by Malcolm Arnold, wins the 110 metres hurdles at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics
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| 2000 |
Stephanie Cook becomes the first University of Bath-based athlete to win an Olympic Gold medal when she wins the Modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics; Sascha Kindred and Matt Walker also win gold medals in the swimming at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.
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| 2001 |
Lord Glentoran officially opens the bobsleigh and skeleton track.
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| 2003 |
Team Bath F.C. reach 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.[1][2][3]
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| 2003 |
Tim Henman officially opens a Lawn Tennis Association academy at the Sports Training Village.
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| 2004 |
Anne, Princess Royal officially opens a newly expanded Sports Training Village
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| 2004 |
Jason Gardener wins a gold medal for Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the Men's 4 × 100 metres relay team.
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| 2005–06 |
With a squad that included Pamela Cookey, Rachel Dunn, Stacey Francis, Jess Garland, Tamsin Greenway and Geva Mentor, Team Bath's netball team win the inaugural Netball Superleague title.[4][5][6] They subsequently dominate the early seasons of the league, winning further Superleague titles in 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10 and 2013.[7][8][9][10]
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| 2010 |
Amy Williams wins a gold medal for Great Britain at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the skeleton.
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| 2012 |
Thirty University of Bath-based athletes compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Paralympics. They included Michael Jamieson who won silver in the Men's 200 metre breaststroke and Samantha Murray who won silver in the modern pentathlon
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| 2014 |
Lizzy Yarnold succeeds Amy Williams as she wins a gold medal for Great Britain at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the skeleton; Kelly Gallagher also won a gold medal for Great Britain at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in alpine skiing.
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| 2015 |
The Australia national rugby union team train at the University of Bath during the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
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| 2015 |
University of Bath host the 2015 European Modern Pentathlon Championships.
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| 2016 |
Twenty University of Bath-based athletes compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics, winning twelve medals between them. They included Paul Blake who won gold in the Men's Paralympics 400 metres.[11]
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| 2017 |
Sophie Kamlish win gold at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in the women's 100 metres; Danny Talbot is a member of the Great Britain team that wins gold at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in the Men's 4 × 100 metres relay.
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| 2018 |
Lizzy Yarnold wins a second gold medal for Great Britain at the 2018 Winter Olympics in the skeleton. Laura Deas win a bronze in the same event. Dom Parsons win a bronze medal in the men's skeleton.
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| 2016 |
Thirty University of Bath-based athletes compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, representing eight different countries and winning seventeen medals between them. The England national netball team that wins gold in the netball tournament features five former or current Team Bath players – Ama Agbeze, Eboni Beckford-Chambers, Kadeen Corbin, Serena Guthrie and Geva Mentor.[12]
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| 2018 |
James Cooke wins gold at the 2018 World Modern Pentathlon Championships and Vicky Holland win gold at the 2018 ITU World Triathlon Series within 48 hours of each other.
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| 2019 |
University of Bath host three stages of the 2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone competition.
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| 2019 |
University of Bath host the 2019 European Modern Pentathlon Championships. James Cooke wins gold at the event.[13]
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