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Placing HigHer education in tHe Performance PatHway A performAnce AnAlysis of the World University GAmes Contents Foreword Foreword 3 With thanks to: Great Britain has a long and proud history of student sport, and the World Universities Contribution to Olympic Performance 4 University Games (the Universiade) represents the pinnacle of competition for our student sportsmen and women. Introduction to the World University Games 6 n Ed Smith n Lisa Dobriskey Shenzhen 2011 7 The Universiade is the second largest multisport event in the World, with more n Gemma Gibbons than 10,000 participants from 150+ countries in more than 20 sports. The Performance Analysis 8 n FISU – The International University Archery 9 Universiade represents probably the experience most akin to an Olympics in Sports Federation terms of scale, village life and competition standard. Athletics 10 n Podium - The FE and HE unit for Badminton 12 London 2012 Games The Great Britain teams have a track record of providing elite athletes Women’s Basketball 12 n Great Britain representatives and support staff of the future their first taste of a world-class, large-scale international multi-sports environment. Diving 13 to FISU; Tom Crisp, Jeanette Johnson, Frederick Meredith, Fencing 14 London 2012 Olympic medallist Gemma Gibbons is a great example of this. Alison Odell, Alan Sharp, Ian The experiences of participating at two World University Games, in Gemma’s Case Study: Gemma Gibbons 15 Smyth, John Warnock & Zena Artistic Gymnastics 16 own words, prepared her for a major event on the scale of the Olympic Games, Wooldridge allowing her to perform to her best and subsequently win a silver medal. Shooting 17 Published by: British Universities & Swimming 18 Colleges Sport, 2012 22 members of Team GB at London 2012 had competed at the 2011 World Table Tennis 19 University Games in basketball, fencing, rowing, swimming, taekwondo, water Lead contributor and data analysis: polo and weightlifting . This represents greater than 1 in 5 athletes progressing Weightlifting 20 Graeme Maw PhD from the Great Britain team at the Universiade to the Olympics within 12 “22membersof Summary of Findings 21 Additional material by: Justin Deeny, months, joining many more from previous iterations of the Universiade, including TeamGBatLondon Kazan 2013 22 Claire Powell, Neil Rogers contents London 2012 medalists Beth Tweddle, Jessica Ennis and Michael Jamieson. Partner with BUCS 23 For more information please contact: 2012competedat BUCS has undertaken this research in order to quantifiably establish the Neil Rogers performance level of the World University Summer Games in comparison to the2011World Head of International Programmes other major multisport Games (Commonwealth Games, Olympic Games), to e [email protected] determine the Universiade’s potential place in sports’ performance pathways. UniversityGames” t +44 (0)207 633 5089 I hope that you find the contents of this report both helpful and illuminating in terms of the opportunity represented by the Universiade – not only for our best student sportsmen and women, but as a unique professional development opportunity for support staff and a valuable learning and preparation experience About bucs for our future Olympians and highest performing athletes. Ed Smith British Universities & Colleges Sport in the UK through advocacy, partnership Federation, and responsible for delivery Chair, British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) is the national governing body and lobbying of appropriate national, of World University competitions for for Higher Education sport in the UK. international and commercial agencies Great Britain & Northern Ireland. BUCS vision is to enhance the To do this, BUCS works with student BUCS was formed in 2008 by the student experience through athletes, athletic union staff and elected merger of BUSA (British Universities sport, to support and promote the officers as well as professional sporting Sports Association) and UCS lifestyle and educational benefits staff, coaches and volunteers at its (Universities & Colleges Sport). Former to communities and individuals of 160+ member institutions. It offers a bodies of BUCS include UAU, BUSF, taking part in sport, and to provide comprehensive, multi-sport competition BUCPEA, BSSF, BPSA and BCSA and outstanding opportunities to all structure and manages the development date back to 1919. students to engage in sport and of services and facilities for participative, www.bucs.org.uk related activity in Higher Education. grass-roots sport and healthy campuses through to high-performance athletes. This vision comprises three themes: The BUCS sporting programme is SPORT: To provide a world class HE available to the 2.3 million students across based sport infrastructure the UK. Over 100,000 students regularly EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT: compete in BUCS competitions, leagues To be the leading player in providing and events. BUCS delivers more than 50 educational and professional sports to these students and universities development opportunities to students and organises 170 individual final or and staff in HE sport championship events each year. PROFILE: To lead on the effective BUCS is the GB member organisation of development of sport in Higher Education FISU, the International University Sports Universities Contribution to Olympic Per formance GoLD SILVER BRONZe 65% 66% 49% In this report we have measured Team GB medal winners from the last twenty years – from the Barcelona Games in 1992 through to Beijing in 2008 – to see how many had been to university. An incredible 61% did. When you consider that by 2010 31% of the population had a degree, this is an incredible statistic and shows the extent to which Higher Education is intrinsically linked to Team GB success. Our university-going medal winners are most likely to win gold or silver medals. Between 1992 and 2008, 65% of gold, 66% of silver and 49% of members bronze medallists went to university. of56 Team GB at London “overthelast20yearsanincredible61% 2012 competed for Role of honour ofTeamGB OlympicGamesmedallistsand Great Britain at a Name Sport, University, WUGs World University 65%ofTeamGBgoldmedallistshavebeen Danielle Brown Archery, Leicester, WUGs 2009 Games Naomi Falkard Archery, Birmingham, WUGs 2005, WUGs 2003 touniversity.Thiscomparesto31%ofthe Margaret Adeoye Athletics, Surrey, WUGs 2011 TeamGB Emily Diamond Athletics, Loughborough, WUGs 2011 meDal winnerS populationthathaveadegree.” 39% 61% Simeon Williamson Athletics, Middlesex, WUGs 2007 1992-2008 Nicola Sanders Athletics, St Mary’s, WUGs 2005 These 56 include Olympic Jessica Ennis Athletics, Sheffield, WUGs 2005 medallists Beth Tweddle, Lisa Dobriskey Athletics, Loughborough, WUGs 2005, WUGs 2003 Gemma Gibbons, Michael Marilyn Okoro Athletics, Bath, WUGs 2005 Jamieson, Lutalo Muhammad Goldie Sayers Athletics, Loughborough, WUGs 2005 Dominique Allen Basketball, Oral Roberts University, WUGs 2011 TeamGBmeDal TeamGBmeDal and Jessica Ennis. 36% 64% 34% 66% Chantelle Handy Basketball, Marshall University, WUGs 2011, WUGs 2009 BEIJING2008 Athens2004 Lisa Dobriskey has represented Rose Anderson Basketball, University Central Oklahoma, WUGs 2011 Great Britain at two World Sarah Barrow Diving, Leeds Metropolitan, WUGs 2011 Stacey Powell Diving, Southampton, WUGs 2007, WUGs 2005 Went to/Going to universiTy University Games before going on James Davis Fencing, Middlesex, WUGs 2011 DiDn’TGO TO UNIVERSITy to have a successful international Husayn Rosowsky Fencing, Greenwich, WUGs 2011, WUGs 2009 career. In 2006 Lisa became Anna Bentley Fencing, Brunel, WUGs 2007 Commonwealth champion before Louise Bond-Williams Fencing, Ohio State, WUGs 2005 making her Olympic debut at the Richard Kruse Fencing, City, WUGs 2005 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, Beth Tweddle Gymnastics, Liverpool, WUGs 2009 WUGs 2005 Gemma Gibbons Judo, Bath, WUGs 2009 narrowly missing out on a medal, James Austin Judo, Birmingham, WUGs 2003 TeamGBmeDal TeamGBmeDal TeamGBmeDal finishing fourth. 36% 64% 35% 65% 49% 51% Sophie Allen Swimming, The Open University, WUGs 2011 SYDNEY 2000 aTLANTA 1996 BARCeLONA 1992 Stephanie Proud Swimming, University of Florida, WUGs 2009, WUGs 2007 Michael Jamieson Swimming, Napier, WUGs 2009 Michael Rock Swimming, Manchester, WUGs 2007 The World University Games Joe Roebuck Swimming, Loughborough, WUGs 2007 were extremely valuable in my Liam Tancock Swimming, Loughborough, WUGs 2005 development. The transition Ross Davenport Swimming, Bath, WUGs 2005, WUGs 2003 between junior athlete and senior Caitlin McClatchey Swimming, Loughborough, WUGs 2005 can be a difficult one to bridge, Lutalo Muhammad Taekwondo, Middlesex, WUGs 2011 but the World University Games Demi Bakare Volleyball, Sheffield, WUGs 2009 Peter Bakare Volleyball, Sheffield Hallam, WUGs 2009 TeAm He FinisH 5TH AT LOndOn 2012 provided me with a real taste Lucy Wicks Volleyball, Sheffield College/Loughborough, WUGs 2009, WUGs 2003 of what an international multi- Rachel Laybourne Volleyball, Sheffield College/Loughborough, WUGs 2009, WUGs 2003 Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total sport competition would be like. Joanne Morgan Volleyball, Sheffield College, WUGs 2009 1 USA 46 29 29 104 The management structure, the Rachel Bragg Volleyball, Sheffield College/Loughborough, WUGs 2009, WUGs 2003 athlete village and the multi-sport Janine Sandell Volleyball, University of Washington, WUGs 2009 2 China 38 27 23 88 teams mirrored the Olympic Elizabeth Ried Volleyball, Jefferson College, WUGs 2009 Chloe Wilcox
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