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King's Sport & Wellness Performance Athletes 2023/24

The King’s Sport & Wellness Performance Programme provides elite student-athletes with a support network to help them perform to the highest level possible in their dual-career. Through strength & conditioning, nutrition, physiotherapy, lifestyle and wellbeing support we aim to offer students a world-class environment to improve athletically alongside their world-class education.

We strive to empower all our student-athletes to be the authors of their own stories, express themselves and share their triumphs with the wider university community.

Below are the profiles of the King's Sport & Wellness Performance Athletes 2023/24.

Gold Performance Athletes

Rugby Union Player for Saracens and England.
Represented England at the 2023 Rugby World Cup
Premiership Debut (June 2022)

Bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games (2022).
1x gold and 3x bronze medals on the FIVB World Tour (2019-2023).
5th at the European Championship (2023).
3x British champion and highest-ranked British player in history.

Selected to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics for Morocco
6th UCI International C1 race - Jakarta, Indonesia
2nd UCI International C1 race - Bangkok Thailand

Silver Performance Athletes

Aiming to Represent the Refugees Team in Paris Olympics 2024.
Awarded The London Adult Achievement Award from Swim England in 2019.
Awarded The Gold National Adult Achievement Award from Swim England in 2019.

World Duathlon Sprint Championships April 2023 – 5th AG, 25th Overall in the world – 14th European.
European Duathlon Standard Championships September 2022 – 1st AG, 16th Overall in Europe.

Bronze at U23 European Championships in W4- (September 2022)
Bronze at BUCs in W4- (April 2023)
3rd U23 pair at final trials (April 2023)

Pro athlete in the French Judo Pro League, with the Judo Nice Metropole Team, 2023.
Bronze - British National Team Championships (Seniors) 2023.
Gold - British University (BUCS) National Championships 2023 -66kg.

Senior first team player at Saracens
18 appearances for Saracens
Played in over half of our premiership matches 2022/23 (Champions).
Played for England at u16 and u18

World Ultimate Club Championships July 2022
World Ultimate U24 Championships July 2023
European Ultimate Championships July 2023
World Ultimate Club Championships 2022 (Ohio, USA)

Rugby Union Player for Saracens and England U18’s.

Bratislava International - 3rd place
British Open - 3rd
British Team Championship- 1st (2022) 2nd (2023)

Bronze Performance Athletes

Signed professional contract with Raiders IHC (2022-24)
Signed professional contract with MK Lightning (2021-22)
Canada USPORTS National Championships: Silver (2018), Bronze (2019, 2020)

Cypriot National Champion and part of the National team.
3rd place in BUCS individual
1st place in the BUCS team competition

6th in the World Ultimate U24 Championships representing Team GB 2023
1st in Women's division at UK Ultimate Club National Championships 2023

National Road Relay Silver Medalist 2023
Competed at Inter-Counties and National Cross Country Championships 2023

Represented Lebanon in the Arab championship in Morocco in 2019
National Champion in 200m backstroke, 400 freestyle, 4x100 medley and free relays

World Irish Dance Association British Open Championships October 2022 3rd place under 18's
World Irish Dance Association World Championships April 2023 11th place under 19's Irish Dancing

2023 CrossFit Games - 1st in the UK, 2nd in Europe and 5th Place in the world.

3rd in WInt4x @ BUCS Head 2023 2023
1st in WInt4x @ BUCS Regatta 2023 2023
Henley Women's Regatta 2023 finalist (2nd place) 2023

Two World Championships in the U19 women’s category.

3rd BUCS final 1500 indoors 2023
4th BUCS final 1500 outdoors 2023
1st Welsh senior championships 800 indoors
2nd Welsh senior championships 1500

BUCS Finalist 4x100m Freestyle Relay 2023
5th at Singapore National Swimming Championships 50m Freestyle 2023

National Super League 3rd place with IBB Polonia 2021/22/23
BUCS Beach volleyball trophy 6th place June 2023
Volleyball England National Championship 2nd place with IBB Polonia 2023

Wales Universities Rugby Sevens (Summer 2019)
Principality Premiership - Newport RFC (19/20 and 20/21 Seasons), Cardiff RFC (17/18 Season)
BUCS Super Rugby (2014-2019).

4th place South of England final 2022
BUCS 4x400m gold medal 2022

National League Series 3 League 1 (6th/9)
27th FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Age Group Competition in Japan (Toyko).
3rd in the Italy Aere Trampoline Cup in 2018.
Hong Kong Team:Trampoline Cup 2018 in Brescia (ITA) - 3rd Place

Ranked 5th in the UK U20’s.
5th in the England athletics u20/u23 national championship
5th in BUCS Outdoor Athletics Championship

3rd in the 500yd freestyle at East Coast Athletic Championships 2023
8th at Ivy League Championships in the 1650yd Freestyle

Playing for the Professional club in the Eastbourne Borough League South

6th Indoor British Championships (Feb 2023)
4x400m Great Britain Relay Team European Indoor Athletics 2023
Silver BUCs 800m final April 2023

5th in National Athletics League Eton 100m June 2023
4th in National Athletics League Glasgow 100m August 2023

2nd in BUCS Indoors (Feb)
1st in BUCS Outdoors (Apr)

Competed in BUCS Premier division.
Attended student cup finals.
Competed in a UKBT 4* event.

Ranked 8th All over the Country in the National Shooting Championships- July 2021
Selected as part of the National Shooting Team- August 2021
Selected for the ISSF Junior World Cup in Kazakhstan and Peru in August/September 2021

British Championships Feb 2023 4th place
South of England Championships June 2023 1st Place
4.06M at the Welsh Senior Championships.

UKBT (UK Beach Tour) Cardiff Open 4 star - 3rd place (Apr 2023)
UKBT National Champions race ranking - 7th in UK (Jun 2023)
Volleyball England National Cup quarterfinalist (Feb 2023)
BUCS National Trophy semifinalist (Mar 2023)

National Super League 3rd place with IBB Polonia 2021/22/23
BUCS Beach volleyball trophy 6th place June 2023
Volleyball England National Championship 2nd place with IBB Polonia 2023

Dina Asher-Smith, Olympic sprinter and King's alumna

19 September 2019