- Emilia Nygaard-Parsons
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- Alex Sells
Course: MSci Physics (September 2018 to June 2022)
Sport: Fencing
Personal Sporting Highlight: Team U17 and U20 Bronze medal at Asian Fencing Championships with the Australian fencing team
UCL Sporting Highlight: Reaching the BUCS league cup final 2019/20
Other sports played: Football, Powerlifting
- Pierre Boitand
Course: Arts and Sciences BASC
Sport: Fencing
Personal sporting highlight: Winning the junior French nationals team championships with my club in 2022
UCL sporting highlight: Winning the Varsity match against Kings last year!
Other sports played: Football
- Oona Ylinen
Course: MA Library and Information Studies
Sport: Baseball
Personal sporting highlight: Throwing the winning pitch of the first game (and first win) for the GB Women's Baseball National Team at the first European Women's Baseball Championships we've participated in.
UCL sporting highlight: (I've actually never played for UCL because UCL doesn't currently have a baseball team). Early mornings in the Bloomsbury gym with misty sunrays breaking in are peaceful and climbing the stairs up there reminds me how much off-the-field work goes to being on the field.
Other sports played: Badminton
- Maya Kirlew
Course: BA French with Management Studies
Sport: Swimming
Personal sporting highlight: Making a final at the Summer National Championships
UCL Sporting highlight: Making a final at BUCS Short Course
Other sports played: Swimming takes up most of my time so I don’t really do any other sports now, but I used play netball and run.
- Deborah Alawode
Course: MBPhD Medicine (September 2016 to August 2025)
Sport: Barbell (Weightlifting)
Personal Sporting Highlight: Holding all the British U23 Records in the Women’s -71kg Weight Category Being invited onto the GB U23 Squad (international debut pending due to COVID)
UCL Sporting Highlight: Winning the 1st ever UCL vs KCL Weightlifting Varsity in March 2020 (JUST before lockdown!)
Other sports played: Ballet, Netball (GD/GK) and Athletics (100m, 4x100m relay and Shot Put) mainly, but I was on literally every female sports team I could be on in my school, including (but not limited to) rugby, football, hockey and rounders
- Edmund Flurry Lysander Grierson
Course: BSc Architecture (2nd Year)
TeamUCL Club: RAX
Sport: Orienteering/Running
Personal Sporting Highlight: Becoming British Champion of Orienteering for my first time in 2019. However, my single most impressive result was Second at the World Schools Orienteering Championships 2019 in Estonia.
Other Sports Played: Cycling
UCL Sporting Highlight: Winning two of the LUCA XC league races back to back (2021-2022) and also winning 1500m Varsity.
- Joe Donaghue
Course: BA French and Spanish
Sport: Fencing (foil!)
Personal Sporting Highlight: Bronze Medal in London Cup International Senior Foil November 2022.
Other sports played: Varsity match against KCL
UCL Sporting Highlight: Football, Table tennis, Swimming.
- Billy Shepherd
Course: Deitetics MSc
Sport: Fencing (Epee)
Personal Sporting Highlight: Finishing 21st in the under 23 European championships and claiming bronze at the commonwealth fencing championships
Other sports played: Anchoring the UCL team against Imperial College London in a one touch match in a premier south match
UCL Sporting Highlight: Running, cycling and tennis
- Janice Jin
Course: MBBS Medicine (2021-2027)
Sport: WTF Taekwondo
Personal Sporting Highlight: Representing the Swedish National team at the World Taekwondo Championships in Taipei 2018.
Other sports played: I’ve dabbled in sports throughout my whole life, including Speed skating and football. I love strength training and CrossFit, both which I train regularly as a supplement to my Taekwondo.
- Katie Flight
Course: London Interdisciplinary Biosciences Consortium PhD Student (2021-2025)
Sport: Ultimate Frisbee
Personal Sporting Highlight: Getting a block in the final and winning a gold medal in the 2019 European Championships
UCL Sporting Highlight: Ask me again next year please?
Other Sports Played: I kind of tried a bit of everything before landing on Ultimate! Hockey and Swimming most seriously before they both gave way to Ultimate but also, Athletics, Cross Country, Tennis, Badminton, Football and Gymnastics.
- Amy Westwell
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- Maja Swirska
Course: MBBS Medicine (September 2018 - August 2024)
Sport: Snowsports
Personal Sporting Highlight: Competing in under 18 nationals in my home country (Poland).
UCL Sporting Highlight: Winning silver in BUDS nationals in Edinburgh 19/20
Other sports played: Tennis and Basketball
- Georgie Robinson-Ranger
Course: MSc Physical Therapy for Musculoskeletal Healthcare and Rehabilitation
Sport: Rowing
Personal sporting highlight: silver medal at the U23 World Rowing Championships for GB
UCL sporting highlight: as above, was summer 2022!
Other sports played: none, don’t have time!
- Hermione Chinery
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- Miguel Rodriguez Ruíz
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- Charlotte Leigh
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- Izzy Whitmore
Course: Medicine (MBBS)
Sport: kickboxing and taekwondo
Personal sporting highlight: Making the GB taekwondo junior development team (taekwondo), winning the WAKO World Championships (kickboxing)
UCL sporting highlight: Getting gold at the EUSA games in kickboxing last year representing UCL
Other sports played: hockey, running
- Nikhil Koteeswaran
Course: MSc Chemistry with Management
Sport: Cricket
Personal Sporting highlights: Playing for Scotland u19s last year
UCL Sporting highlight: Hopefully will have one in summer!
Other sports played: Enjoy playing football with my friends, and generally enjoy having a go at most sports
- Harry Zain-Prosser
Course: BA History
Sport: Judo
Personal sporting highlight: Representing Great Britain in the European Youth Olympics and European u18 Championships.
UCL sporting highlight: BUCS 2022 Bronze.
Other sports played: I played rugby at school and did some skateboarding
- Phyllida Britton
Course: PhD in Chemistry (October 2020 to October 2024)
Sport: Swimming
Personal Sporting Highlights:
o British Champion 4x100m Freestyle Relay
o Swedish Gran Prix placed 4th in the 800m Freestyle
o Chartes Golden Tour Open came 4th in 400m Freestyle
UCL Sporting Highlights:
o BUCS Champion 1500m Freestyle 2019
o BUCS Silver medallist 800m Freestyle 2019
o BUCS Champion 800m Freestyle 2020
Other sports played: Over lockdown with the closure of swimming pools, running and rowing had to supplement the aerobic fitness. I do love playing a bit of tennis too though!
- Soh Rui Yong
Course: Law
Sport: Athletics
Personal sporting highlight: Winning the Southeast Asian Games Marathon gold medals for my country in 2015 and 2017.
UCL sporting highlight: Not yet. Soon. =)
Other sports played: Is DOTA a sport?
- Annalli Olivelle
Course: Medicine
Sport: Tennis
Personal Sporting Highlight: playing for GB against France and USA and winning my first international tennis Europe grade 1
UCL Sporting Highlight: Winning Varsity
Other sports played: Cricket and Running
- Marian Rachev
Course: BSc Economics
Sport: WTF Taekwondo
Personal Sporting Highlight: Winning the Bulgarian National Championships 6 times with the last one being in 2021 in the heavyweight +87 kg category for senior males.
UCL Sporting Highlight: Winning all three BUCS championships series last year and two of them with a partially torn hamstring.
Other sports played: : I have played Football as a starting centre back for my high school team. Besides that, since a very young age, I have been practicing Skiing, Table Tennis and Swimming.
- Ema Kanlic
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- Toby Cooke
Course: Doctorate in Educational Psychology
Sport: Athletics
Personal Sporting Highlight: Winning the 10000m at BUCS or being top 10 ranked in the UK for the 5km last year
UCL Sporting Highlight: I'm looking forward to making some soon!
Other sports played: Cycling
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Advice & Support
Advice & Support
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Eat, Drink & Shop
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Make a Change
Make a change
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Societies
Societies
If you can imagine it, there’s probably a society for it. Wherever your curiosity takes you, whatever passion inspires you, you’ll find a home in our student-led groups.
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Sport & Fitness
Sport & Fitness
We’ll keep you active in a way that works for you. Sport is for everyone, and we’ll help you find your level. From a casual class to captaining a competitive club, live an active lifestyle with us.
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Volunteering
Volunteering
This is how you make a difference during your time here, and while you’re at it, add valuable stuff to your CV, give back to the communities you’re living in and discover London in a unique way.
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What's On
What's on
Our events are designed to help you meet people, try new things and have fun. Events are for everyone, but we’ve highlighted ones that are family friendly or good for postgrads. Enjoy!