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Olympic schools league

Updated on 22 August 2008

By Channel 4 News

The full list: where Team GB's medallists went to school (the medals data was correct as at noon BST on Friday 22 August 2008).

Gold medallists

Nicole Cooke (pictured above)
Road cycling - mass start
Brynteg Comprehensive School, Bridgend (comprehensive)

Rebecca Adlington
Swimming - 400m and 800m freestyle
Brunts School, Mansfield (comp)

Chris Hoy
Track cycling - team sprint, keirin, individual sprint
George Watson's College, Edinburgh (independent)

Jason Kenny
Track cycling - team sprint (gold), individual sprint (silver)
Mount St Joseph's High School, Bolton (comp)

Jamie Staff
Track cycling - team sprint
North School, Kent (comp)


From left: Victoria Pendleton, Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny

Bradley Wiggins
Track cycling - individual pursuit, team pursuit
St Augustine's Church of England School, London (comp)

Tom James
Rowing - fours
The Kings School, Chester (ind)

Peter Reed
Rowing - fours
Cirencester Deer Park School, Gloucestershire (comp)

Andy Triggs-Hodge
Rowing - fours
Upper Wharfedale School, North Yorks (secondary modern)

Steve Williams
Rowing - fours
Monkton Combe School, Bath (ind)


From left: Tom James, Steve Williams, Pete Reed and Andrew Triggs-Hodge celebrate their team success.

Rebecca Romero
Track cycling - individual pursuit
Wallington High School for Girls, Sutton, Greater London (grammar school)

Mark Hunter
Rowing - double scull
Bower Park School, Romford, Essex (comp)

Zac Purchase
Rowing - double scull
King's School, Worcester (ind)

Ben Ainslie
Sailing - single handed dinghy
Truro School, Cornwall (ind)

Sarah Ayton
Sailing - keelboat (yngling)
Heathside School, Weybridge, Surrey (comp)

Sarah Webb
Sailing - keelboat (yngling)
St Maur's, Weybridge, Surrey (ind)

Pippa Wilson
Sailing - keelboat (yngling)
The Arnewood School, Hants (comp)

Edward Clancy
Track cycling - team pursuit
Shelley High School, Kirklees, Yorkshire (comp)

Paul Manning
Track cycling - team pursuit
Chase Terrace High School, Lichfield, West Midlands (comp)

Thomas Geraint
Track cycling - team pursuit
Whitchurch High School, Cardiff (comp)


From left: Paul Manning, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas and Bradley Wiggins on the podium.

Christine Ohuruogu
Athletics - 400m
St Edwards, Romford, Essex (comp)

Victoria Pendleton
Track cycling - sprint
Fearnhill School, Letchworth, Herts (comp)

Paul Goodison
Sailing - laser
Brinsworth Comprehensive, South Yorks (comp)

Iain Percy
Sailing - keelboat (star)
Peter Symonds College, Winchester, Hants (ind)

Andrew Simpson
Sailing - keelboat (star)
Not confirmed

Tim Brabants
Canoe / kayak - 1000m
Salesian School, Chertsey, Surrey (comp)

Silver Medallists

David Florence
Canoe / kayak - Slalom
Stewarts Melville College, Edinburgh (ind)

Emma Pooley
Cycling - road
Norwich School, Norwich (ind)

Ross Edgar
Track cycling - keirin
Newmarket Upper School, Cambs (comp)

Richard Egington
Rowing - eights
Lymm High School, Cheshire (comp)

Alastair Heathcote
Rowing - eights
Eton College, Berks (ind)

Matthew Langridge
Rowing - eights
Hartford High School, Northwich, Cheshire (comp)

Tom Lucy
Rowing - eights
Monmouth School, Wales (ind)

Acer Nethercott
Rowing - eights
The Broxbourne School, Herts (comp)

Alex Partridge
Rowing - eights
Monkton Combe School, Bath (ind)

Colin Smith
Rowing - eights
Prince Edward School, Zimbabwe (state school)

Tom Stallard
Rowing - eights
Oundle School, Northants (ind)

Josh West
Rowing - eights
Santa Fe Prep, US (ind)


From left: Acer Nethercott, Colin Smith, Matt Langridge, Alastair Heathcote, Josh West, Richard Egington, Tom Lucy, Tom Stallard and Alex Partridge.

Wendy Houvenaghel
Track cycling - individual pursuit
Rainey Endowed School, Northern Ireland (grammar)

Debbie Flood
Rowing - quadruple scull
St Joseph's Catholic College, Bradford (comp)

Katherine Grainger
Rowing - quadruple scull
Bearsden Academy, Glasgow (comp)

Frances Houghton
Rowing - quadruple scull
Kings School, Canterbury (ind)

Annie Vernon
Rowing - quadruple scull
Wadebridge School, Cornwall (comp)

Joe Glanfield
Sailing - 470 two person dinghy
Exmouth Community College, Devon (comp)

Nick Rogers
Sailing - 470 two person dinghy
Priestlands School, Hants (comp)

Germaine Mason
Athletics - high jump
Wolmers' Boys School, Jamaica

Jason Kenny
see Gold medallists

Keri-Anne Payne
Swimming - 10km marathon
Cardinal Langley High School, Rochdale (comp)

Phillips Idowu
Athletics - triple jump
Raines Foundation School, Hackney, London (comp)

David Davies
Swimming - 10km marathon
St Cyres, Penarth, Glamorgan (comp)

Bronze medallists

Joanne Jackson
Swimming - 400m freestyle
Cundall Manor School, North Yorks (ind)

Tina Cook
Equestrian - individual eventing, team eventing
Bedgebury School, Kent (ind)

Daisy Dick
Equestrian - team eventing
Downe House, Berks (ind)

William Fox-Pitt
Equestrian - team eventing
Eton College, Berks (ind)

Sharon Hunt
Equestrian - team eventing
Culford School, Suffolk (ind)

Mary King
Equestrian - team eventing
Left school at 16


From left: Daisy Dick, Mary King, William Fox-Pitt, Tina Cook and Sharon Hunt.

Steven Burke
Track cycling - individual pursuit
Park High, Lancs (comp)

Chris Newton
Track cycling - points race
Boynton Comprehensive, Yorks (comp)

Steve Rowbotham
Rowing - men's double scull
Clifton College, Bristol (ind)

Matthew Wells
Rowing - men's double scull
Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham, Northants (comp)

Anna Bebington
Rowing - women's double scull
Westwood High School, Leek (comp)

Elise Laverick
Rowing - women's double scull
Rosemead School, Littlehampton, Sussex (ind)

Louis Smith
Artistic Gymnastics
Arthur Mellows College, Peterborough (comp)

Tasha Danvers
Athletics - 400m hurdles
Sydenham School, London (comp)

Bryony Shaw
Windsurfing RS:X
Cheney Upper School, Oxford (comp)

Cassie Patten
Swimming - 10km marathon
Plymouth College, Devon (ind)

Our research was drawn from a mixture of newspaper cuttings, athlete biographies and the athletes themselves.

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