UNIVERSITY of Edinburgh athletes have achieved their most successful Commonwealth Games performance to date, securing 10 medals in Glasgow.
A total of 21 athletes connected to the institution competed across six sports, returning with four gold, three silver, and three bronze medals, which would have placed the institution 12th out of 72 competing nations in the final medal table.
Wheelchair racer and alumna Melanie Woods led the success by claiming two golds in the Women’s 400m T54 and the T54 1500m events.
Woods secured the 1500m title twice, winning both the initial final and a rerun race staged two days later following an appeal. She was also named the recipient of the David Dixon Award for fair play and contribution to sport.
Medical student Faye Rogers won the Women’s 200m Individual Medley SM10 title on the opening day. She also competed alongside able-bodied swimmers in the Women’s 200m Butterfly.
Stephen Clegg won gold in the Men’s S13 50m Freestyle, adding to a silver medal secured earlier in the Men’s 100m Freestyle S13.
Swimmers Ciara Schlosshan and Anna Morgan won silver as part of Scotland’s Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay squad. Josh Mitchell secured bronze in the Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay.
On the track, postgraduate student Megan Keith took bronze in the Women’s 5000m with a time of 14 minutes and 49 seconds. Stephen Mackenzie claimed bronze in the Men’s Long Jump with a distance of 8.08m, setting a record for a Scottish competitor on home soil.
Recent graduate Archie Goodburn competed in a Commonwealth swimming final following an oligodendroglioma brain tumour diagnosis in 2024. He used his post-race interviews to advocate for early diagnosis of brain cancer.
Mark Munro, Director of Sport and Active Health at the University of Edinburgh, commented: “We wish huge congratulations to every University of Edinburgh athlete who competed in Glasgow and to their coaching and support teams.
“To see this group achieve the most successful Commonwealth Games in the University’s history is a remarkable accomplishment and a testament to their talent, commitment and resilience.
“Whether standing on the podium, reaching a final or inspiring others through their determination, every athlete has made us immensely proud.
“Many have balanced the demands of elite sport alongside their studies, making their achievements all the more impressive.”
He added: “They have represented themselves, their nations and the University with distinction, and they leave Glasgow with memories, friendships and achievements that will inspire the next generation of Edinburgh athletes.”
The university’s athletes competed in swimming, athletics, judo, netball, weightlifting, and basketball.
The associated athletes who competed at the Games included swimmers Faye Rogers, Stephen Clegg, Ciara Schlosshan, Archie Goodburn, Anna Morgan, Scott Gibson, Lucy Hope, Stefan Krawiec, and Joshua Mitchell.
In athletics, the representatives were Megan Keith, Gabriela Debues Stafford, Melanie Woods, Alyson Bell, Sarah Calvert and Stephen Mackenzie.
Sarah Adlington and Ollie Short competed in judo, while Emily Nicholl and Hannah Grant participated in netball. Maddie Rosher competed in weightlifting and Hannah Robb in basketball.
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