Sentences with phrase «gb medallist»
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We are very excited to announce BUCS Premier South champions Oxford University Men's Blues hockey team will be playing a one off friendly match against London 2012 Olympic Bronze Medallists, GB Women.
London 2012 bronze medallist Tom Daley has been officially selected to represent Team GB at the rio 2016 Olympic Games this summer.
... Double Olympic silver medallist David Florence will bid to make it a Games hat - trick on day four of Rio 2016 as Team GB bid to kee...
Double Olympic silver medallist David Florence will bid to make it a Games hat - trick on day four of Rio 2016 as Team GB bid to keep the medal streak going.
And there was more success for our Team GB Olympians in the men's event as London 2012 team bronze medallist Sam Oldham won parallel bars gold, with Tbilisi 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival champion Joe Fraser winning his first all - around title on Saturday.
London 2012 was undeniably the moment Jade Jones» life changed forever, crowned Team GB's first taekwondo Olympic gold medallist — on home soil, no less.
Olympic silver medallist in 2008 Kerron Stewart of Jamaica ran 11.22 to win the women's 100m from France's Myriam Soumaré with 11.25 as Britain's Asha Philip — part of the gold medal - winning GB 4x100m relay team in Zurich — was third with 11.26.
The likes of world bronze medallist Martin Stamper, German Open winner Damon Sansum, Bianca Walkden and Welsh teenager Jade Jones will all be in action at Sportcity from May 3 - 6, along with Dutch Open champion Aaron Cook, who has been training outside the GB Academy fold, but returns to the squad to defend his European title.
Already an Olympic Gold medallist in GB's team pursuit in Rio — the rider is keen that cycling's troubled past is behind it.
European indoor relay gold medallist Eilidh Child on being named as GB team captain for the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Sopot this weekend
GB's Olympic 4x400m bronze medallist Anyika Onuora is part of a 400m field also featuring Jamaica's Stephenie Ann - McPherson.
In the men's 200m, GB's 2014 European champion Adam Gemili will go up against Netherlands» European 100m gold medallist Churandy Martina, USA's former world and Olympic 400m champion LaShawn Merritt and Panama's former world silver medallist Alonso Edward.
In the mile, USA's 2007 world 1500m and 5000m champion Bernard Lagat will line up alongside 2011 world 1500m silver medallist Silas Kiplagat and Scotland's Andy Butchart, while the women's mile features a top GB line - up, led by British 1500m record - holder Laura Muir, Steph Twell, Eilish McColgan and the North - East's own Laura Weightman.
The 21 - year - old might have broken her foot in February but she has still been impressive on the track this summer, forming part of GB's medal - winning 4x100m team and finishing fourth in the world 200m in London in a season's best of 22.22 before beating double world silver medallist Marie - Josée Ta Lou in Berlin.
Emelia Gorecka and Ben Connor lead the GB challenge in Slovakia, while Euro Cross bronze medallist Callum Hawkins backs fellow Scot Andrew Butchart
A number of London world medallists are among those competing as GB's 4x100m champion Nethaneel Mitchell - Blake, World Para Athletics Championships winner Jonnie Peacock and relay silver medallists Dina Asher - Smith, Asha Philip and Desiree Henry are joined by international stars such as Aries Merritt, Kim Collins and Nijel Amos.
Three of the four selected paddlers represented Team GB at London 2012, including silver medallists David Florence and Richard Hounslow who are paired together again in the men's C2 event.
Double Olympic gold medallist Nicola Adams OBE has been released from her contract with GB Boxing and is free to pursue other career opportunities.
Amber Hill became the youngest ever Skeet World Cup gold medallist when just 15, on her way to being named 2013 Young Sports Personality of the Year, and was the youngest member of Team GB's shooting squad at Rio 2016.
Amber Hill is the youngest ever Skeet World Cup gold medallist and the youngest member of Team GB's shooting squad for Rio.
Six - time Paralympic gold medallist forms part of six - strong GB team to compete at London Marathon in April
Joining Weir on the GB team is his training partner and former London Marathon winner Shelly Woods, double European medallist Jade Jones, T52 1500m European silver medallist Rob Smith and 2014 Bupa Great North half - marathon runner - up Simon Lawson.
It was a GB 1 - 2 in the women's race as Euro Cross junior silver medallist Harriet Knowles - Jones finished as runner - up, 14:09 to 14:11.
The Hereward participants were presented with their silver medals by the GB Paralympian and two - time Boccia gold medallist from both the Sydney 2000 and Beijing 2008 Paralympic games, Nigel Murray MBE.
We set about playing some ice breaking games and then moved on to our first activity: a hockey taster session, hosted by Team GB bronze medallist Alex Danson.
Less than a third (32 %) of Britain's 130 medallists at Rio 2016 attended fee - paying schools, a four percentage point reduction from London 2012, when 36 % of Team GB's medal - winners were privately educated.
Although the proportion of privately educated athletes in Team GB this year was higher than in 2012 — up from 20 to 28 % — the proportion of medallists educated at comprehensives has grown.
Meanwhile, analysis by The Good Schools Guide of Team GB's Paralympic medallists reveals that 82 per cent were educated at state or special schools and just over 10 per cent at independent schools.