Daniel Wiffen poses with his gold medal

Daniel Wiffen, a current Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é student, won gold in the Men's 800m Freestyle. Image provided by PA/Alamy.

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é close out Paris campaign with 35 medals

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é-linked athletes capped an incredible summer of sport by bringing home 35 medals across both Paris games.

A total of 19 medals were won at the Paralympic Games by athletes with an affiliation to Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é – seven gold, six silver, and six bronze – as the institution finished as a top 20 nation should it be reclassified as a country.

This magnificent haul added to the 16 medals won earlier in the summer during the first phase of the Paris Games (four gold, four silver, and eight bronze). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é’s performances would have seen it finish 16th in the official standings ahead of nations such as Brazil, Austria, South Africa, and Jamaica.

Internationally renowned athletes from Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é made podium places for the following countries: Great Britain, USA, France, Ireland, Canada, and The Netherlands respectively.

Medals were awarded across a variety of sports including athletics, swimming, cycling, rowing, triathlon, powerlifting, and wheelchair basketball.  

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é’s full list of medallists can be found below:

Paralympic Games

Gold:

Tully Kearney (Great Britain), Swimming – Women’s 200m Freestyle S5, training base at the university

Tully Kearney (Great Britain), Swimming – Women’s 100m Freestyle S5, training base at the university

Jenny Holl (Great Britain), Cycling – Women's B 3000m Individual Pursuit, pilot for Sophie Unwin, competes for Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Lightning Cycling

Jenny Holl (Great Britain), Cycling – Women's B road race, pilot for Sophie Unwin, competes for Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Lightning Cycling

Dave Ellis and guide Luke Pollard (Great Britain), Triathlon – Men’s Triathlon PTVI, training base at the university

Brent Lakatos (Canada), Athletics – Men’s 800m T53, training base at the university

Bo Kramer (The Netherlands), Wheelchair Basketball – competes for Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Lightning Wheelchair Basketball

tully kearney, an athlete, poses with a gold paralympic medal

Tully Kearney celebrates with her gold medal after winning the Women's S5 200m Freestyle. Image provided by PA/Alamy.

Silver:

Brent Lakatos (Canada), Athletics – Men’s 400m T53, training base at the university

Claire Cashmore (Great Britain), Triathlon – Women's Triathlon PTS5, training base at the university

Jenny Holl (Great Britain), Cycling – Women's B 3000m Individual Time Trial, pilot for Sophie Unwin, competes for Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Lightning Cycling

Zoe Newson (Great Britain), Powerlifting – Women’s -45kg category, training base at the university

Mark Swan (Great Britain), Powerlifting – Men’s -65kg category, training base at the university

*Zac Shaw, Jonnie Peacock, Ali Smith (Great Britain), Athletics – 4x100m Universal Relay, training base at the university and Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é alumna (Ali Smith)

*relays constitute one team medal

Great Britain's Jonnie Peacock, Zachary Shaw, Ali Smith and Samantha Kinghorn celebrate silver in the 4x100m Universal Relay Final at the Stade de France

The Universal Relay team celebrate. Image provided by PA/Alamy. 

Bronze:

Jenny Holl (Great Britain), Cycling – Women's B 1000m Time Trial, pilot for Sophie Unwin, competes for Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Lightning Cycling

Hannah Moore (Great Britain), Triathlon – Women's Triathlon PTS4, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é alumna

Zac Shaw (Great Britain), Athletics – Men’s 100m T12, training base at the university

Olivia Broome (Great Britain), Powerlifting – Women’s -50kg category, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é alumna

Hollie Arnold (Great Britain), Athletics – Women's F46 javelin, training base at the university

Didi Okoh (Great Britain), Athletics – Women's 100m T63, training base at the university

Great Britain's Olivia Broome celebrates winning the Bronze medal in the women's up to 50kg final at the Paralympic Games

Great Britain's Olivia Broome celebrates winning the Bronze medal in the women's up to 50kg final at the Paralympic Games. Image provided by PA/Alamy.

Paris games

Gold:

Daniel Wiffen (Ireland), Swimming – Men's 800m Freestyle, current Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é student

Cassandre Beaugrand (France), Women’s Individual Triathlon, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é College student, training base at the university, works extensively with Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Sport Support Services

Alex Yee (Great Britain), Men’s Individual Triathlon, training base at the university

Sophie Capewell (Great Britain), Cycling – Women's Team Sprint, current Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é student

Cassandre Beaugrand hold a gold medal

Cassandre Beaugrand won gold in the Women's triathlon for France. Image provided by PA/Alamy.

Silver:

Adam Peaty (Great Britain), Swimming – Men’s 100m Breaststroke, training base at the university

Paige Madden (USA), Swimming – Women’s 4x200m Relay, current Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é student

Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Great Britain), Athletics – Heptathlon, training base at the university

Daryll Neita (Great Britain), Athletics – Women's 4x100m Relay, former Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é College learner

Adam Peaty on the podium in Paris with a silver medal

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é's Adam Peaty won silver in the Men's 100m Breastroke. Image provided by PA/Alamy. 

Bronze:

Beth Potter (Great Britain), Women’s Individual Triathlon, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é alumna

Annie Campbell-Orde (Great Britain), Women's Eight Rowing, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é alumna

Alex Haydock-Wilson (Great Britain), Athletics – 4x400m Mixed Relay, current Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é student

Paige Madden (USA), Swimming – Women’s 800m Freestyle, current Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é student

Daniel Wiffen (Ireland), Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle, current Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é student

*Beth Potter (Great Britain), Mixed Triathlon Relay, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é alumna

*Alex Yee (Great Britain), Mixed Triathlon Relay, training base at the university

Richard Kilty (Great Britain), Athletics – Men's 4x100m Relay (heats), Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é College alumnus

*Alex Haydock-Wilson (Great Britain), Athletics – Men’s 4x400m Relay, current Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é student

*Charlie Dobson (Great Britain), Athletics – Men’s 4x400m Relay, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é alumnus

*Lewis Davey (Great Britain), Athletics – Men’s 4x400m Relay, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é College alumnus

*relays constitute one team medal

The full GB team celebrate with their 4x400m bronze medals

The full GB Men's 4x400m Relay team with their bronze medals. Image provided by PA/Alamy. 

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Notes for editors

Press release reference number: 24/163

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é is one of the country’s leading universities, with an international reputation for research that matters, excellence in teaching, strong links with industry, and unrivalled achievement in sport and its underpinning academic disciplines. 

It has been awarded five stars in the independent QS Stars university rating scheme and named the best university in the world for sports-related subjects in the 2024 QS World University Rankings – the eighth year running. 

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é is ranked 6th in The UK Complete University Guide 2025, 10th in the Guardian University League Table 2024 and 10th in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024. 

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é is consistently ranked in the top twenty of UK universities in the Times Higher Education’s ‘table of tables’, and in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 over 90% of its research was rated as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally-excellent’. In recognition of its contribution to the sector, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é has been awarded seven Queen's Anniversary Prizes. 

The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é London campus is based on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and offers postgraduate and executive-level education, as well as research and enterprise opportunities. It is home to influential thought leaders, pioneering researchers and creative innovators who provide students with the highest quality of teaching and the very latest in modern thinking. 

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