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More than two hundred SportsAid athletes win medals in Glasgow
05 August, 2014
SportsAid is proud to announce today that 241 British athletes who have received support from the charity won medals at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Between them they won 58 gold medals, 101 silver medals and 82 bronze medals.
In total SportsAid supported 467 athletes who competed at the Games, with 58 of them receiving their SportsAid Awards this year. Thanks to a number of breakthrough performances, eight of these current SportsAid athletes won medals at the Games including 15-year-old Thomas Hamer from England (see photo) and 13-year-old Erraid Davies from Scotland in the pool - winning silver and bronze medals respectively – and 19-year-old Jemima Yeats-Brown from England in judo, who won a bronze medal after a last-minute call-up to the team.
Of the 467 SportsAid athletes at the Games, those who received support from the Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme won a total of 43 medals: 18 gold, 23 silver and 22 bronze.
The full results are as follows:
ENGLAND
Athletics
Anyika Onoura (Bronze, 200m – Women) – SportsAid Award 2003; TASS Award
Ashleigh Nelson (Bronze, 4x100m - Women) – SportsAid Award 2012 (Mayor of London)
Bethany Woodward (Silver, Long Jump – Women F37/F38) – SportsAid Award 2007 (1260 Rotary Scheme)
Bianca Williams (Bronze, 200m – Women; Bronze, 4x100m - Women) – SportsAid Award 2011, 2012, 2013 (Asda)
Christine Ohuruogu (Bronze, 4 x 400m Women) – SportsAid Award 2001
Daniel Awde (Gold, 4 x 400m Men) – SportsAid Award 2011 (ELBA (Deutsche Bank))
David Weir (Gold, 1500m – Men T54) – SportsAid Award 1996
Emily Diamond (Bronze, 4 x 400m Women) – TASS Award
Greg Rutherford (Gold, Long Jump – Men) – TASS Award
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey (Silver, 100m – Men) – SportsAid Award 2009; TASS Award
Isobel Pooley (Silver, High Jump – Women) – SportsAid Award 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (Lloyds Bank Local Heroes)
Jade Jones (Bronze, 1500 – Women T53/54) – SportsAid Award 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 (Asda)
James Ellington (Silver, 4x100m – Men) – SportsAid Award 2003, 2008 (Lloyds Bank Local Heroes)
Jazmin Sawyers (Silver, Long Jump – Women) – TASS Award
Jo Pavey (Bronze, 5,000m - Women) - SportsAid Award 1998
Dan Rivers (Gold, Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions; Bronze, Men’s 10m Air Rifle) – SportsAid Award 2008, 2013 (GLL (South Oxfordshire)); TASS Award
Ken Parr Jr. (Bronze, Menb’s 50m Rifle Prone) –SportsAid Award 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (Lloyds Bank Local Heroes); TASS Award
Kristian Callaghan (Bronze, Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol) –SportsAid Award 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014 (SSE); TASS Award
Rachel Parish (Bronze, Women’s Double Trap) – TASS Award
Rory Warlow (Bronze, Men’s Skeet) – SportsAid Award 2011 (Norman Family Charitable Trust)
Squash
Adrian Grant (Silver, Men’s Doubles) – SportsAid Award 1994 (FSA)
Daryl Selby (Bronze,Men’s Doubles) – SportsAid Award 1997 (Carlton)
Emma Beddoes (Bronze, Women’s Doubles) – SportsAid Award 2000 (Bestway); TASS Award
Jenny Duncalf (Silver, Women’s Doubles) – SportsAid Award 1997
Nick Matthew (Gold, Men’s Singles;Silver, Men’s Doubles) – SportsAid Award 1994
Peter Barker (Bronze, Men’s Singles; Silver, Mixed Doubles) –SportsAid Award 1996 (L&SE Inc.)
Swimming
Adam Peaty (Gold, Men’s 100m Breaststroke; Gold, Men’s 4x100m Medley; Silver, Men’s 50m Breaststroke) – SportsAid Award 2012 (Lloyds Bank Local Heroes)
Lewis Coleman (Bronze, Men’s 4x100m Freestyle) –SportsAid Award 2008, 2010 (Suffolk Sports Foundation)
Liam Tancock (Gold, Men’s 4x100m Medley; Bronze, Men’s 50m Backstroke; Bronze, Men’s 100m Backstroke) –SportsAid Award 1999, 2000 (Foundation for Sport and the Arts); TASS Award
Oliver Hynd (Gold, Men’s SM8 200m IM)– SportsAid Award 2011, 2012 (Variety)
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