A total of four gold, four silver, and eight bronze medals were amassed across swimming, triathlon, rowing, athletics, and cycling respectively.
The enviable haul would see ºìÐÓÊÓƵ sit 16th in the overall medal table if reclassified as a country.
This glowing total places the University ahead of nations Brazil, Austria, South Africa, and Jamaica in the official standings.
In a championship that lived up to every inch of the pre-game hype, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ’s highlights will live long in the memory, including Daniel Wiffen’s 800m swimming gold, Sophie Capewell’s incredible team cycling gold, and ºìÐÓÊÓƵ’s huge involvement in the Men’s 4x400m bronze success, to name but a few.
Away from the podium places, all ºìÐÓÊÓƵ athletes had a championship to be proud of with many also qualifying for Semi-Finals and Finals in their sports with a plethora of personal bests and season bests also achieved.
Alex Yee (Great Britain) and Daniel Wiffen (Ireland) were also selected as flag bearers for their countries during the closing ceremony.
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ’s full list of medallists can be found below:
Gold:
Daniel Wiffen (Ireland), Swimming – Men's 800m Freestyle, current ºìÐÓÊÓƵ student
Cassandre Beaugrand (France), Women’s Individual Triathlon, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ College student, training base at the university, works extensively with ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Sport Support Services
Alex Yee (Great Britain), Men’s Individual Triathlon, training base at the university
Sophie Capewell (Great Britain), Cycling – Women's Team Sprint, current ºìÐÓÊÓƵ student
Silver:
Adam Peaty (Great Britain), Swimming – Men’s 100m Breaststroke, training base at the university
Paige Madden (USA), Swimming – Women’s 4x200m Relay, current ºìÐÓÊÓƵ student
Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Great Britain), Athletics – Heptathlon, training base at the university
Daryll Neita (Great Britain), Athletics – Women's 4x100m Relay, former ºìÐÓÊÓƵ College learner
Bronze:
Beth Potter (Great Britain), Women’s Individual Triathlon, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ alumna
Annie Campbell-Orde (Great Britain), Women's Eight Rowing, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ alumna
Alex Haydock-Wilson (Great Britain), Athletics – 4x400m Mixed Relay, current ºìÐÓÊÓƵ student
Paige Madden (USA), Swimming – Women’s 800m Freestyle, current ºìÐÓÊÓƵ student
Daniel Wiffen (Ireland), Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle, current ºìÐÓÊÓƵ student
*Beth Potter (Great Britain), Mixed Triathlon Relay, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ alumna
*Alex Yee (Great Britain), Mixed Triathlon Relay, training base at the university
Richard Kilty (Great Britain), Athletics – Men's 4x100m Relay (heats), ºìÐÓÊÓƵ College alumnus
*Alex Haydock-Wilson (Great Britain), Athletics – Men’s 4x400m Relay, current ºìÐÓÊÓƵ student
*Charlie Dobson (Great Britain), Athletics – Men’s 4x400m Relay, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ alumnus
*Lewis Davey (Great Britain), Athletics – Men’s 4x400m Relay, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ College alumnus
*relays constitute one team medal
The university will look to add to its overall Paris tally with The Paralympic Games starting on 28 August.
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