From the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association (BBSA) press office: University of Bath Director of Sport Stephen Baddeley has hailed the “phenomenal” achievements of British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association (BBSA) athletes who represented Team GB at the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games.
Matt Weston became Britain’s most decorated male Winter Olympian when he won two skeleton golds in three days, following up his emphatic victory in the men’s race with a historic triumph alongside Tabby Stoecker in the first-ever Olympic mixed team event.
Freya Tarbit and Marcus Wyatt were fourth in that race and all five skeleton athletes, including Amelia Coltman, recorded top-10 finishes in their individual races.
More history was made in the bobsleigh competitions where Adele Nicoll became the first British woman to contest the Olympic monobob. She also produced strong performances in the two-woman event alongside Ashleigh Nelson, who became only the second woman to represent Team GB at both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.
Brad Hall, Britain’s most decorated bobsleigh pilot, recorded a second-successive top-seven finish in the Olympic four-man competition alongside Taylor Lawrence, Greg Cackett and debutant Leon Greenwood.
The BBSA athletes, coaches and support staff are based at the University of Bath, a UK Sport-accredited Elite Training Centre and home to the UK’s only bobsleigh and skeleton push-start track.
Stephen Baddeley said: “We are incredibly proud of our long-standing partnership with the BBSA and it has been wonderful to see them enjoy such outstanding success, not just over the past fortnight but throughout the past Olympiad and indeed the 25 years since the push-start track first opened.
“Nine medals, five of them gold, have been won since 2002 by skeleton athletes who train in Bath, a quite phenomenal record of success and an inspiration to everyone within our sports environment.
“We are privileged to see at first hand the relentless commitment and dedication from the bobsleigh and skeleton athletes, and they should be proud of their achievements in Cortina. Matt, of course, was phenomenal, as he has been all season, and that second gold with Tabby was just a wonderful moment. Congratulations all.”
Weston and Stoecker are respectively the 13th and 14th athletes to be crowned as Olympic Champions while training at the University of Bath, joining fellow skeleton athletes Amy Williams and Lizzy Yarnold; modern pentathletes Stephanie Cook, Joe Choong and Kate French; sprinter Jason Gardener; and swimmers Tom Dean, Freya Anderson, Kieran Bird, James Guy, Calum Jarvis and Matt Richards.
Bath Voice and Local Democracy Reporters
The journalists are funded by the BBC as part of its latest Charter commitment, but are employed by regional news organisations. A total of 165 reporters are allocated to news organisations in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland including Bath Voice. These organisations range from television and radio stations to online media companies and established regional newspaper groups. Local Democracy Reporters cover top-tier local authorities, second-tier local authorities and other public service organisations.
Bath Voice Monthly Newspaper is distributed free to thousands of homes and some supermarkets – distributed from the first of the month. Harry Mottram is the News Editor
Email him at news@bathvoice.co.uk Bath website: https://bathvoice.co.uk/news/
Bath Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/bdtf2kep Also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bath_voice And Bluesky @bathvoicenews.bsky.social And also on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/harrymottram6/
Read the newspaper online at :https://issuu.com/bathvoice
To advertise to thousands of Bathonians call Shaun on 07540 383870 or email him on sales@bathvoice.co.uk