Meet our student athletes

Over the last decade, the Sport Excellence Programme has supported over 100 athletes from 23 different sports, including American football, archery, air rifle shooting, athletics, basketball, Boccia, boxing, canoeing, cricket, figure skating, fencing, football, futsal, golf, gymnastics, hockey, judo, kayaking, lifeguarding, powerlifting, rowing, sailing, table tennis, tennis, windsurfing, and wheelchair rugby.

Athlete spotlight

Cohort of 2025/26

Rob Bittles Sport: Archery Course: BSc (Hons) Cyber Security	Leo Wilkinson Sport: Sailing Course: BEng (Hons) Yacht Design and Production
Tom Holland Sport: Kayaking Course: BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science	Jess Soares Sport: Football/Futsal Course: BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science
Olivia Venditto Sport: Football Course: BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Psychology	Ella Petitt Sport: Football Course: BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Therapy
Tom Mudra Sport: American football Course: BEng (Hons) Yacht Design and Production	Matteo Bertacchi Sport: Sailing Course: BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Therapy
Charlie Pearce Sport: Mauy Thai Course: BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science	Alex Murphy Sport: Road cycling Course: BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science
Piran Phillips Sport: Lifesaving/Sprint kayak Course: BA (Hons) Sports Journalism	Ben Lester Sport: American football Course: BA (Hons) Sports Journalism
Kate Angler Sport: Yacht sailing Course: MSc Sustainable Marine Craft and Superyacht Design	Archie Munro-Price Sport: Sailing Course: BEng (Hons) Yacht Design and Production
Joana Ramalho Varanda Sport: Cheerleading Course: BSc (Hons) Psychology with Criminology	Niamh Tsang Sport: Cheerleading Course: BA Hons Criminology
Luke Busumbru Sport: Basketball Course: BSc (Hons) Sport Coaching	Sophie Signorelli Sport: Air rifle shooting Course: LLB (Hons) Law
Joe Faulkner Sport: Basketball Course: BSc (Hons) Sport Coaching and Physical Education	Tihon Zutskov Sport: Sailing Course: BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science