Maths student wins Gold for Brunel!
Congratulations to sprinter André Wright, a 21-year-old mathematics student, who won a gold medal at the British Universities Colleges and Sport indoor athletics championships at the EIS Sheffield at the weekend
André was part of the Brunel University athletics team that won three gold medals and one silver at the Championships. He won gold and achieved the Championship Best Performance (21.18 sec); he also took the bronze medal for the 60 metres achieved in 6.81 seconds. “It’s the biggest competition I’ve won,” said André. “To break the championship record as well really got me shocked. It’s really cool.”
André used to train at school when he was a child and started taking sport “more seriously when I went to university, training five times per week” with coach Harry King. His previous wins include coming first at the South of England U20 senior championships in 2011.He is hoping to be selected for the U23 GB team for the European championships in Finland this year.
