Chichester's Olympic Winners
The University has a well-established Olympic heritage dating back to the 1988 Seoul Games, and continues to be involved in the training and preparation of Olympic athletes.
The University will host Training and Holding Camps for international athletes leading up to the 2012 London Olympic Games. Read more>>
- Ben Ainslie - Sailing
- Shirley Robertson/Sarah Webb, Sarah Ayton - Sailing
- Amir Khan - Boxing
- Pete Waterfield/Leon Taylor - Diving
- Nick Rogers/Joe Glanfield - Sailing
- Nick Dempsey - Windsurfing
- Chris Draper/Simon Hiscocks - Sailing
For further information regarding our involvement with Olympic medal winners, see links below:
Ben Quilter became Britain’s first visually impaired judo champion whilst studying for his Masters at the University of Chichester.
Ben combines his training at the British Judo Performance Institute in Dartford with studying for a masters degree in sport and exercise physiology at the University of Chichester. Ben also completed a three year undergraduate degree with us.
Ben has praised the University of Chichester for support en route to the top
I train at Dartford between four and six hours every day, apart from the one day a week I am at the University of Chichester. The University, and in particular my lecturers, have always been understanding throughout my time here. They have allowed me the extra time off that I need, extended deadlines and arranged additional tutorials. This allows me to manage my time and balance my training, competition and study without any of them suffering.
I have a number of domestic and international competitions between now and 2012, but I will be ranked number one going into the Paralympics. I also have a European Championships next year and a World Cup at some point before 2012. Generally, it is more of the same hard training and trying to improve technically to give myself the best chance of repeating this success in London.