Callum Smith (left), a third year chemical engineering student has gone on to represent Great Britain at this year’s Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Callum competed in the 30km skiathlon, classic 15km trial cross-country and the ski sprint event in which he recorded a best finish. Callum actually took the decision to take a year […]
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Winter Olympics in Socci 2014
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Edinburgh Top UK University Medals Chart
Edinburgh University topped the university Olympic medals chart in London last summer, beating all other British universities, including Nottingham which came second. Famous Edinburgh sporting alumni include Sir Chris Hoy. Already an Olympic success after Bejing in 2008, furthered his achievement by winning gold in both the Team Pursuit event and in the Keirin event. […]
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Eric Liddell High Performance Sport Scholarship Launched
This year the University launched the Eric Liddell High Performance Sports Scholarship Fund in honour of Eric Liddell, the University’s first Olympic medal winner. Eric Liddell won a gold medal in the 400 metres and a bronze in the 200 metres in the 1924 Paris Olympics while studying Pure Science at the University of Edinburgh. […]
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Katherine Grainger returns to the University of Edinburgh
Four-time Olympic rowing medallist Katherine Grainger made a return to the university to visit a gym named in her honour. Britain’s most successful female rower with four Olympic medals and the title of six time world champion to her name, returned to open the new facility at the University’s Centre for Sport and Exercise in […]
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