Great Britain at the 2023 European Games

Great Britain at the
2023 European Games
IOC codeGBR
NOCBritish Olympic Association
Websitewww.teamgb.com
in Kraków, Poland
21 June 2023 – 2 July 2023
Competitors223 in 19 sports
Flag bearersAbbie Brown and Joe Clarke (Opening)
(Closing)
Medals
Gold
12
Silver
10
Bronze
27
Total
49
European Games appearances (overview)

Great Britain competed at the 2023 European Games, in Kraków, Poland from 21 June to 2 July 2023. This was Great Britain's third appearance at the Games.

Before the Games

Team GB announced the athletes selected to represent Great Britain on 1 Jun 2023.[1] The team chosen is significantly larger than the one that took part in the 2019 in Minsk.[2] No athletes were selected in non-Olympic sports, but some were selected for non-Olympic events within Olympic sports.

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2023 European Games

Great Britain announced a team of seven archers on 1 June 2023.[3]

Men
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semi-final Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Monty Orton Individual recurve 683 3 Bye  Staudt (AUT)
W 6–2 		 Acha (ESP)
L 2–6 		Did not advance =9
Alex Wise 663 19  Katsaidis (GRE)
W 7–3 		 Acha (ESP)
L 2–6 		Did not advance =17
James Woodgate 654 30  Staudt (DEN)
L 2–6 		Did not advance =33
Monty Orton
Alex Wise
James Woodgate 		Team recurve 2000 5 —  Italy (ITA)
L 1-5 		Did not advance 7
Women
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semi-final Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Penny Healey Individual recurve 681 GR 2 Bye  Cavic (SLO)
W 6–0 		 Bjerendal (SWE)
W 7–1 		 Lopez (FRA)
W 7–3 		 Rebagliati (ITA)
W 6–0 		 Canales (ESP)
W 6–2 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Bryony Pitman 652 16 Bye  Barankova (SVK)
W 6–4 		 Pavlova (UKR)
L 5–6 		Did not advance =9
Jaspreet Sagoo 637 28  Petrou (CYP)
L DNS 		Did not advance
Ella Gibson Individual compound 715 WR 1 — Bye  De Laat (NED)
W 143–142 		 Burun (TUR)
W 148–144 		 Elisa Roner (ITA)
L 139–145 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Penny Healey
Bryony Pitman
Jaspreet Sagoo 		Team recurve 1970 3 —  Denmark (DEN)
W 5–3 		 Italy (ITA)
W 5-4 SO 		 France (FRA)
W 5–1 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mixed
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semi-final Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Penny Healey
Monty Orton 		Team recurve 1364 2 Bye  Belgium (BEL)
W 5–1 		 Moldova (MDA)
L 4–5 		Did not advance 5

Artistic swimming

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2023 European Games

Great Britain selected a team of twelve artistic swimmers on 1 June 2023.[3][4]

Athlete Event Preliminary Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Kate Shortman
Isabelle Thorpe 		Duet technical — 242.9967 5
Duet free 207.0023 5 Q 223.5084 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ranjuo Tomblin
Beatrice Crass 		Mixed duet technical — 203.4916 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mixed duet free 163.9688 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Eleanor Blinkhorn
Isobel Blinkhorn
Millie Costello
Isobel Davies
Cerys Hughes
Aimee Lawrence
Daniella Lloyd
Robyn Swatman 		Team technical — 177.6914 8
Team free 200.0418 7 Q 212.3856 5
Acrobatic routine — 168.6533 5
Free combination routine did not start

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2023 European Games

Great Britain is set to compete in the first division of the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships which is going to be held in Chorzów during, and as part of, the Games. Great Britain will compete in the team event, and each athlete will also be eligible for the individual event medals. The team was announced on 7 June 2023.[5]

European Athletics Team Championships First Division

Team Event Event points *** Total

points

Rank
100m 200m 400m 800m 1500m 5000m 110m h* 400m h 3000m SC 4 × 100 m 4 × 400 m** SP JT HT DT PV HJ TJ LJ
 Great Britain
(see below) 		Team Championships First Division Men 14 5.5 12 11 12 12 12 13 14 0 8 15 5 10 12 3.5 3 12 8 341 5
Women 11 15 13 15 4 15 4 12 3 0 2 14 13 11 12 2 2 11

key: h: hurdles; SC; Steeplechase: SP; Shot put: JT: Javelin: HT: Hammer: DT: Discus: PV: Pole vault: HJ: High jump: TJ: Triple Jump: LJ: Long Jump

  • Women compete at 100 metre hurdles, rather than 110 metre hurdles.
  • 4 x 400 metres is held as a single mixed sex event
  • Event points indicate placings in the First Division match. Individual medals are across all three divisions.

Individual events at the 2023 European Games

As a participant in the Team event, each nation, including Great Britain, automatically enters one athlete in each of the individual 'events'. Medals are awarded at the conclusion of the First Division program. On 17 June a small number of amendments were made to the team due to withdrawals (marked with *)[6]

Event Male Athlete Score Rank Female athlete Score Rank
100 m Jeremiah Azu 10.16 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bianca Williams * 11.29 6
200 m Adam Clayton 21.18 =11 Bianca Williams 22.75 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
400 m Alex Haydock-Wilson 45.25 5 Ama Pipi 51.10 4
800 m Ben Pattison 1:46.94 6 Issy Boffey 2:00.39 4
1500 m George Mills 3:38.17 5 Ellie Baker 4:16.81 13
5000 m Jonathan Davies 13:56.11 5 Hannah Nuttall 15:29.49 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
110/100 m h Josh Zeller 13.59 5 Abigail Pawlett 13.63 13
400m h Seamus Derbyshire 49.51 4 Lina Neilsen 55.36 5
3000m SC Zak Seddon 8:27.42 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Maisie Grice 10:09.99 14
4 × 100 m Jeremiah Azu
Oliver Bromby
Richard Kilty
Tommy Ramdhan
Reserves
Adam Clayton
Andrew Morgan-Harrison * 		DSQ – Alyson Bell
Amy Hunt
Cassie-Ann Pemberton
Aleeya Sibbon
Reserves
Bianca Williams
Leonie Ashmeade * 		DSQ –
4 × 400 m
(mixed) 		— Alex Haydock-Wilson
Ama Pipi
Brodie Young
Carys McAulay
Reserves
Charlie Dobson
Laviai Nielsen
Lina Nielsen 		3:14.27 9
Shot put Scott Lincoln 21.10 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sarah Omoregie 14.43 15
Javelin Joe Dunderdale 69.85 12 Bekah Walton 59.76 3
Hammer Jake Norris 71.98 7 Charlotte Payne 71.15 4
Discus Lawrence Okoye 60.93 5 Jade Lally 58.08 6
Pole vault Adam Hague 5.30 =13 Jade Ives * 4.50 5
High jump William Grimsey 2.09 14 Laura Zialor 1.76 15
Triple Jump Jude Bright-Davies 16.24 5 Georgina Forde-Wells 12.57 15
Long Jump Jack Roach 7.60 9 Lucy Hadaway 6.41 6

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2023 European Games

Great Britain selected a team of ten badminton players across five events on 1 June 2023.[3] The draw was made on 6 June by Badminton Europe and Broadcast on Facebook.[7]

Athlete Event Group stage Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semi-final Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Johnnie Torjussen Men's singles  Nguyen (IRL)
L (8–21, 16–21) 		 Caljouw (NED)
L (24–22, 20–22, 16–21) 		 Dratva (SVK)
W (22–20, 21–17) 		3 Did not advance
Ben Lane
Sean Vendy 		Men's doubles  Magee /
Reynolds (IRL)
W(21–15, 21–15) 		 Greco /
Salutt (ITA)
W (21–10, 21–16) 		 Dwicahyo /
Qowimuramadhoni (AZE)
W (21–8, 21–10) 		1 Q —  Jille /
van der Lecq (NED)
W (21–15, 21–15) 		 C Popov /
T Popov (FRA)
W (21–15, 21–14) 		 Astrup/ Rasmussen (DEN)
L (15–21, 21–19, 19–21) 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Alexander Dunn
Adam Hall 		 C Popov /
T Popov (FRA)
W (21–13, 21–16) 		 Král /
Mendrek (CZE)
W (21–7, 21–14) 		 Bochat /
Cybulski (POL)
L (21–11, 22–24, 19–21) 		1 Q —  Hansson /
Z-Bexell (SWE)
W (21–11, 21–12) 		 Astrup/ Rasmussen (DEN)
L (13–21, 21–16, 10–21) 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kirsty Gilmour Women's singles  Dąbczyńska (POL)
W (21–9, 21–12) 		 Laurens (NED)
W (21–13, 21–9) 		 Christodoulou (CYP)
W (21–11, 21–9) 		1 Q  Sándorházi (HUN)
W (17–21, 21–17, 21–17) 		 Kjærsfeldt (DEN)
W (16–21, 21–11, 21–19 ) 		 Marin (ESP)
L (13–21, 11–21) 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Julie MacPherson
Ciara Torrance 		Women's doubles  Fruergaard /
Thygesen (DEN)
L (10–21, 6–21) 		 Stoliarenko /
Zharka (UKR)
W (21–17, 21–17) 		 Corsini /
Mair (ITA)
W (21–11, 21–14) 		2 Q —  Lambert /
Tran (FRA)
L (13–21, 21–16, 13–21) 		Did not advance
Marcus Ellis
Lauren Smith 		Mixed doubles  Lamsfuß /
Lohau (GER)
W (16–21, 21–17, 21–10) 		 Ivančič /
Polanc (SLO)
W (21–8, 21–13) 		 Birker /
Hochmeir (AUT)
W (21–10, 21–9) 		1 Q —  Śmiłowski /
Świerczyńska (POL)
W (21–8, 21–16) 		 Gicquel /
Delrue (FRA)
L (18–21, 21–14, 18–21) 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2023 European Games

Great Britain announced a team of thirteen boxers for the European Games.[3]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semi-final Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Kiaran MacDonald[8] Flyweight (51 kg) Bye  Omar (GER)
W 5–0 		 Ametovic (SRB)
W 5–0 		 Bennama (FRA)
L 0—5 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Jack Dryden[8] Featherweight (57 kg)[9]  Labidi (FRA)
W 5-0 		 Jensen (DEN)
L 0–5 		Did not advance
Reese Lynch[8] Light welterweight (63 kg)[10]  Grandulis (LAT)
W 5-0 		 Rosenov (BUL)
L 0–5 		Did not advance
Harris Akbar[8] Light middleweight (71 kg)  Schachidov (GER)
L 1–4 		Did not advance
Taylor Bevan[8] Light heavyweight (80 kg)  Bauderlique (FRA)
W 5–0 		 Cassidy (IRL)
L 0–5 		Did not advance
Lewis Williams[8] Heavyweight (92 kg)  Jakupi (KOS)
W ABD R2 		 Acar (TUR)
L 2–3 		Did not advance
Delicious Orie[8] Super heavyweight (92+ kg)  Milun (CRO)
W 2–0 R2 		 Shiha (NOR)
W 5–0 		 Chaloyan (ARM)
W 5–0 		 Hernández (BUL)
W 5–0 		 Abdullayev (AZE)
W 5–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semi-final Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Demie-Jade Resztan[8] Light flyweight (50kg) Bye  Sorrentino (ITA)
L 0–5 		Did not advance
Charley Davison[8] Bantamweight (54 kg) Bye  Romero (ESP)
W 5–0 		 Milli (SWE)
W 5–0 		 Petrova (BUL)
L 0–5 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Elise Glynn[8] Featherweight (57kg)  Brankovic (SRB)
W 5–0 		 Testa (ITA)
L 2–3 		Did not advance
Shona Whitwell[8] Lightweight (60 kg)[11]  Sadiku (KOS)
L 0-4 		Did not advance
Rosie Eccles[8] Welterweight (66 kg) Bye  Canfora (ITA)
W 4–1 		 Broadhurst (IRL)
W 3–2 		 Sürmeneli (TUR)
L 1–4 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kerry Davis[8] Middleweight (66+ kg)  Michel (FRA)
L 2–3 		Did not advance

Breakdancing

Main article: Breakdancing at the 2023 European Games

Great Britain qualified two dancers based on its rankings.[1][2]

Individual
Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Karam Singh (B-Boy Karam) B-Boy  Lee (NED)
L 0–2
(4–14) 		 Exaggerate (NOR)
D 1–1
(10–8) 		 Daniel (NOR)
W 2–0
(13–5) 		2 Q  Menno (NED)
L 0–2
(5–13) 		Did not advance
Sunni Brummitt (B-Boy Sunni)  Lucky (BEL)
W 2–0
(16–2) 		 Menno (NED)
L 0–2
(1–17) 		 Wigor (POL)
L 0–2
(7–11) 		3 Did not advance

Canoe Sprint

Main article: Canoe sprint at the 2023 European Games
Athlete Event Heats Semi-final Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Izzy Evans[12] Women's C-1 200 metres 48.958 5 SF 49.364 3 FA 59.259 9
Katie Reid[12]
Beth Gill 		Women's C-2 500 metres 2:06.410 5 SF 2:07.485 4 Did Not Advance
Jonathan Jones[12]
Ben Phillips 		Men's C-2 500 metres 1:46.581 6 SF 1:48.454 7 Did Not Advance
Deborah Kerr[12]
Emily Lewis
Emma Russell
Rebii Simon 		Women's K-4 500 metres 1:35.804 3 FA — 1:34.931 8

Qualification legend: SF – Qualify to semifinal; FA – Qualify to medal final; FB – Qualify to non-medal final

Canoe Slalom

Main article: Canoe slalom at the 2023 European Games

Men

Athlete Event Preliminary Quarter-final Semi-final Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Adam Burgess C-1 91.97 6 Q — 95.89 2 Q 101.36 7
James Kettle 100.23 28 95.20 6 Q — 106.79 22 Did.not advance
Ryan Westley 91.77 5 Q — 99.21 6 Q 94.01 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Chris Bowers K-1 91.18 33 86.99 1 Q — 140.99 35 Did not advance
Joe Clarke 88.56 18 Q — 92.29 10 Q 89.80 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Jonny Dickson 88.03 14 Q — 142.92 38 Did not advance
Chris Bowers Kayak cross 63.09 5 Q — FLT(1) 4 Did not advance
Joe Clarke 73.62 FLT(4) 50 — Did not advance
Jonny Dickson 64.94 15 Q — FLT(3) 4 Did not advance
Adam Burgess
James Kettle
Ryan Westley 		C-1 team — 107.84 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Chris Bowers
Joe Clarke
Jonny Dickson 		K-1 team — 146.46 13

Women

Athlete Event Preliminary Quarter-final Semi-final Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mallory Franklin C-1 105.78 7 Q — 115.36 10 Q 113.63 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sophie Ogilvie 114.19 23 124.16 15 — Did not advance
Kimberley Woods 120.31 31 106.49 1 Q — 123.66 22 Did not advance
Mallory Franklin K-1 98.32 11 Q — 103.83 8 Q 107.93 =9
Phoebe Spicer 112.28 33 106.36 7 Q — 108.82 20 Did not advance
Kimberley Woods 97.83 8 Q — 103.79 7 Q 107.53 7
Mallory Franklin Kayak cross 69.38 11 Q — FLT(3) 4 Did not advance
Phoebe Spicer 71.41 25 — Did not advance
Kimberley Woods 69.47 12 Q — – 1 Q FLT(4) 4 Did not advance
Mallory Franklin
Sophie Ogilvie
Kimberley Woods 		C-1 team — 120.34 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mallory Franklin
Phoebe Spicer
Kimberley Woods 		K-1 team — 121.89 7

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2023 European Games

Mountain Bike

Athlete Event Time Rank
Cameron Mason Men's cross country 1:21.17 12
Cameron Orr 1:21.51 17
Annie Last Women's cross country Did not finish

BMX freestyle

Athlete Event Seeding Final
Run 1 Run 2 Average Rank Run 1 Run 2 Rank
Declan Brooks Men's park 79.40 77.33 78.37 6 Q 87.40 78.56 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kieran Reilly 80.16 80.33 80.25 3 Q 88.96 92.33 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Charlotte Worthington Women's park DNS
Sasha Pardoe 63.00 72.33 67.66 5 Q DNS
Holly Pipe 33.33 39.66 36.33 12 Q 42.00 55.66 8

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2023 European Games

Great Britain selected a team of 14 divers for the European Games. Eleven divers were selected instead for the 2023 World Aquatics Championships. The Kraków team includes veterans of 2015 including James Heatly and Grace Reid.[2][13]

Men

Athlete Events Preliminary Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Ross Haslam 1 m springboard 386.45 4 Q 422.95 1st place, gold medalist(s)
James Heatly 335.90 10 Q 323.30 12
Ross Haslam 3 m springboard 430.70 1 Q 403.35 4
Matthew Dixon 398.65 5 Q 401.05 6
Ben Cutmore 10 m platform 373.35 6 Q 410.75 4
Robbie Lee 424.35 2 Q 413.20 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ross Haslam
James Heatly 		3 m synchronized springboard — 393.45 4
Ben Cutmore
Matthew Dixon 		10 m synchronized platform — 372.69 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Women

Athlete Events Preliminary Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Grace Reid 1 m springboard 254.50 3 Q 266.90 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Holly-May Prasanto 208.80 16 Did not advance
Grace Reid 3 m springboard 300.60 1 Q 298.55 5
Desharne Bent-Ashmeil 288.45 4 Q 293.10 6
Robyn Birch 10 m platform 277.55 4 Q 289.25 5
Eden Cheng 299.35 1 Q 331.60 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Desharne Bent-Ashmeil
Amy Rollinson 		3 m synchronized springboard — 279.90 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Maisie Bond
Juliette John 		10 m synchronized platform — 198.90 8

Mixed

Athlete Events Final
Points Rank
James Heatly
Grace Reid 		3 m synchronized springboard 283.89 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Maisie Bond
Noah Penman 		10 m synchronized platform 265.08 5
Robbie Lee
Eden Cheng
Desharne Bent-Ashmeil
Ben Cutmore 		Team 231.95 7

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2023 European Games

Great Britain nominated the following fencers on 1 June 2023[3][14]

Teams
Athletes Event Round of 16 Quarter-final Semi-final Final Rank
Kristjan Archer
Jaimie Cook
James-Andrew Davis
Marcus Mepstead 		Men's team foil  Czech Republic (CZE)
W 45–44 		 Ukraine (UKR)
W 45–37 		 Italy (ITA)
L 29–45 		Bronze medal match
 Germany (GER)
L 43—45 		4
Kate Beardmore
Yasmin Campbell
Carolina Stutchbury
Amelie Tsang 		Women's team foil  Austria (AUT)
L 37–45 		Did not advance 9
Individuals
Athlete Event Group stage Rank Knockout stage Final rank
Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Match 4 Match 5 Match 6 1/32 final 1/16 final 1/8 final 1/4 final 1/2 final Medal final
Ben Andrews Men's Epeé  Nikolovski (MKD)
W 		 Galabov (BUL)
L 		 Schmidt (GER)
L 		 Tulen (NED)
L 		 Svensson (SWE)
W 		 Kalininas (LTU)
W 		46 Q  Bayard (SUI)
L 8–15 		Did not advance 50
Susan Sica Women's Epeé  Leonte (ROU)
W 		 Kuusk (EST)
L 		 Favre (SUI)
L 		 Bezhura (UKR)
L 		 Mateos (ESP)
W 		— 48 Q  Brovko (UKR)
W 15–12 		 Muhari (HUN)
L 12–15 		Did not advance 31
Kristjan Archer Men's Foil  Hatoel (ISR)
W 		 Siess (POL)
L 		 Komsic (CRO)
W 		 Soulios (GRE)
W 		 Karlsen (DEN)
W 		 Galuashvili (GEO)
L 		31 Q  Spoljar (CRO)
L 11–15 		Did not advance 39
Jaimie Cook  Filippi (ITA)
L 		 Tzovanis (GRE)
W 		 Fazekas (SVK)
W 		 Ettelt (AUT)
W 		 Gaganidze (GEO)
W 		 Geudvert (BEL)
W 		11 Q  Tzovanis (GRE)
W 15–5 		 Rieger (GER)
L 4–15 		Did not advance 20
James-Andrew Davis  Eyupoglu (TUR)
W 		 Breteau (ESP)
W 		 Wojtkowiak (POL)
W 		 Manolikas (GRE)
L 		 Dadayan (ARM)
W 		 Serri (SVK)
L 		19 Q  Geudvert (BEL)
W 15–10 		 Yunes (UKR)
L 10–15 		Did not advance 22
Marcus Mepstead  Yuno (NED)
L 		 Toth (HUN)
W 		 Kahl (GER)
L 		 Rosu (ROU)
W 		 Supe (LAT)
L 		 Hertsyk (UKR)
W 		40 Q  Serri (SVK)
W 15–12 		 Rosa (HUN)
W 15–13 		 Van Campenhout (UKR)
L WD 		Did not advance 16
Kate Beardmore Women's Foil  Josan (MDA)
W 		 Dinca (ROU)
W 		 Pasztor (HUN)
W 		 Groslambert (BEL)
W 		 Castro (ESP)
W 		 Myroniuk (UKR)
W 		4 Q Bye  Lupkovics (HUN)
W 15–9 		 Druck (ISR)
L 7–15 		Did not advance 12
Yasmin Campbell  Bimova (CZE)
L 		 Konto'poulou (GRE)
L 		 Lyczbinska

 (POL)
L

 Dobrinina (MDA)
W 		 Druck (ISR)
L 		 Marino (ESP)
L 		38 Did not advance 38
Carolina Stutchbury  Zurawska (POL)
W 		 Lupkovics (HUN)
W 		 Corbu (ROU)
W 		 Caride (POR)
W 		 Blazic (CRO)
W 		 Mekra (GRE)
W 		1 Q Bye  Brugger (AUT)
W 12–8 		 Calugareanu (ROU)
L 10–15 		Did not advance 9
Amelie Tsang  Jeglinska (POL)
W 		 Kagan Tyagunov (ISR)
W 		 Wohlgemuth (AUT)
W 		 Kondricz (HUN)
L 		 Chaldiou (GRE)
L 		 Breteau (ESP)
L 		27 Q Bye  Cipressa (ITA)
L 13–15 		Did not advance 27
Will Deary Men's Sabre  Bazadze (GEO)
L 		 Decsi (HUN)
W 		 Aslan (TUR)
W 		 Stasiak (POL)
W 		 Agustsson (ISL)
W 		 Cacek (CZE)
W 		10 Q Bye  Cidu (ROU)
W 15–8 		 Bonah (GER)
W 15–10 		 Samele (ITA)
W 15–14 		 Kaczkowski (POL)
L 14–15 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
JJ Webb  Gemesi (HUN)
L 		 Matteo Neri (ITA)
L 		 Filev (BUL)
L 		 Mammadov (AZE)
W 		 Hyrciuk (POL)
L 		— 44 Q  Decsi (HUN)
L WD 		Did not advance 44
Caitlin Maxwell Women's Sabre  Jijieishvili (GEO)
W 		 Criscio (ITA)
W 		 Matei (ROU)
L 		 Battai (HUN)
W 		 Komaschuk (UKR)
W 		— 10 Q Bye  Gregorio (ITA)
L 8–15 		Did not advance 19

Modern Pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2023 European Games

Great Britain announced a team of eight pentathletes to compete in Kraków, including Olympic champion Joe Choong[1][3] On 7 July, Emma Whitaker was named to replace the injured Charlie Follett.[15]

Men

Athlete Event Fencing
(épée one touch) 		Swimming
(200 m freestyle) 		Riding
(show jumping) 		Combined: shooting/running
(10 m air pistol)/(3200 m) 		Total points Final rank
RR BR Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP Points
Charlie Brown Individual 17–18 2 18 212 2:00.98 6 309 20 13 280 10:08.70 6 692 1493 11
Joe Choong 22–13 2 5 237 2:01.52 8 307 8 6 292 10:05.70 5 695 1531 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sam Curry Did not qualify for the Final
Myles Pillage 21–14 0 6 230 1:56.28 1 318 14 11 286 10:10.90 7 690 1524 4
Charlie Brown
Joe Choong
Myles Pillage 		Team — 679 — 934 — 858 — 2077 4548 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Women

Athlete Event Fencing
(épée one touch) 		Swimming
(200 m freestyle) 		Riding
(show jumping) 		Combined: shooting/running
(10 m air pistol)/(3200 m) 		Total points Final rank
RR BR Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP Points
Kerenza Bryson Individual 21–14 2 5 232 2:22.59 17 265 14 12 286 11:06.30 6 634 1417 6
Olivia Green 18–17 2 21 217 2:14.35 6 282 14 13 286 10:57.40 3 643 1428 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Jess Varley Did not qualify for the Final.
Emma Whitaker 20–15 0 8 225 2:17.43 10 276 8 11 292 12:50.10 18 530 1323 17
Kerenza Bryson
Olivia Green
Emma Whitaker 		Team — 674 — 823 — 864 — 1807 4168 4

Mixed

Athlete Event Fencing
(épée one touch) 		Swimming
(200 m freestyle) 		Riding
(show jumping) 		Combined: shooting/running
(10 m air pistol)/(3200 m) 		Total points Final rank
RR BR Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP Points
Sam Curry
Jess Varley 		Team 13–13 2 10 217 2:00.21 7 310 0 1 300 12:12.70 4 568 1395 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Rugby sevens

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2023 European Games

Great Britain qualified both a men's and women's team for the rugby sevens tournament in Kraków. 26 athletes were named on 1 June 2023.[3]

Summary

Athletes Event Group stage Quarter-final Semi-final / Cl. Final / BM / Pl.
Opponent
Result 		Opponent
Result 		Opponent
Result 		Rank Opponent
Result 		Opponent
Result 		Opponent
Result 		Rank
Men's  Romania
W 45–0 		 Lithuania
W 24–0 		 Portugal
W 31–5 		1 Q  Germany
W 14–10 		 Spain
W 19–7 		 Ireland
L 12–26 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women's  Norway
W 55–0 		 Italy
W 36–5 		 Czech Republic
W 37–5 		1 Q  Germany
W 53–0 		 Belgium
W 36–12 		 Poland
W 33–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2023 European Games

Great Britain announced a team of 15 shooters.[3]

Pistol
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Kristian Callaghan Men's 10 m air pistol 570 29 Did not advance
James Miller 577 14 Did not advance
Kristian Callaghan Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol 558 24 Did not advance
Sam Gowin 572 16 Did not advance
Jess Liddon Women's 10 m air pistol 563 27 Did not advance
Women's 25 m pistol 561 33 Did not advance
Kristian Callaghan
Jess Liddon 		Mixed team 10 m air pistol 566 23 Did not advance
Sam Gowin
Jess Liddon 		Mixed team 25 m rapid fire pistol Part 1
555
Part 2
359
4 Q

6 		Did not advance
Rifle
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Michael Bargeron Men's 50 m rifle three positions 584-33x 24 Did not advance
Seonaid McIntosh Women's 10 m air rifle 627.2 14 Did not advance
Katie Gleeson Women's 50 m rifle three positions 578-22x 27 Did not advance
Seonaid McIntosh 591-38x 2 Q 406.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Michael Bargeron
Seonaid McIntosh 		Mixed team 10 m air rifle 625.6 17 Did not advance
Michael Bargeron
Katie Gleeson 		Mixed team 50 m rifle three positions Part 1
869-38x
16 		Did not advance
Shotgun
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Ranking match Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Matthew Coward-Holley Trap 121 9 Did not advance
Aaron Heading 120 12 Did not advance
Freddie Killander Skeet 119 25 Did not advance
Ben Llewellin 123 6 Q 17 4 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Ranking match Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Lucy Hall Trap 116 10 Did not advance
Georgina Roberts 113 19 Did not advance
Emily Hibbs Skeet 115 14 Did not advance
Amber Rutter 123 1 Q 16 4 Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Qualification Final / BM
Points Rank Points Rank
Matthew Coward-Holley
Lucy Hall 		Team trap 144 1 Q  Italy (ITA)
L 4–6 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Aaron Heading
Georgina Roberts 		138 17 Did not advance
Freddie Killander
Emily Hibbs 		Team skeet 141 14 Did not advance
Ben Llewellin
Amber Rutter 		147 3 Q Bronze medal match
 Ukraine (UKR)
W 6–4 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Sports climbing

Main article: Sports climbing at the 2023 European Games

Great Britain confirmed that six quotas would be taken up in sports climbing, but delayed the release of the names of those selected.[3] On 7 July, Team GB announced 5 climbers. Dayan Akhtar and Sam Butterworth will compete in the men's boulder, with Matthew Fall and Rafe Stokes in contention for the men's speed. Lucy Garlick completes the line-up as she prepares to take part in the women's lead.[16]

Technical

Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Dayan Akhtar Men's boulder 2T4z 8 9 1 Q 1T3z 2 7 4
Sam Butterworth 0T1z 0 4 16 Did not advance
Lucy Garlick Women's lead 29+ 14 Did not advance

Speed

Athlete Event Seeding Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Rank
Matthew Fall Men's speed 10.229 13  Zurloni (ITA)
W 6.561 		 Rebrevend (FRA)
L 6.293 		Did not advance
Rafe Stokes 6.011 9  Szalecki (POL)
W 6.044 		 Knapp (AUT)
L Fall 		Did not advance

Table Tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2023 European Games

Great Britain secured four quotas for the singles events and a position in the men's team event.

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semi-final Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Liam Pitchford Men's singles Bye  Habesohn (AUT)
L 3–4 		Did not advance
Paul Drinkhall Bye  Pryshchepa (UKR)
W 4–3 		 Qiu (GER)
L 0–4 		Did not advance
Paul Drinkhall
Liam Pitchford
Sam Walker
Tom Jarvis 		Men's team Bye —  Romania (ROU)
L 1–3 		Did not advance
Charlotte Carey Women's singles Bye  Brateyko (UKR)
L 0–4 		Did not advance
Tin-Tin Ho Bye  Pavade (FRA)
L 0–4 		Did not advance
Tin-Tin Ho
Liam Pitchford 		Mixed doubles —  Pistej / Balazova (SVK)
L 1-3 		Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2023 European Games

Great Britain selected 12 taekwondo athletes for the 2023 European Games, announcing them on 1 June 2003.[3][1]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semi-final Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition

Result

Opposition
Result 		Rank
Zach Thomas Sarsoza -54 kg  Molle (NED)
L 0–2 		Did not advance
Mo Nour -58 kg  Dayioglu (TUR)
W 2–0 		 Woolley (IRL)
L 1–2 		Did not advance  Alami (SWE)
W 3–0 		Bronze medal final
 Ravet (FRA)
L 0–2 		5
Bradly Sinden -68 kg  Chumachenko (UKR)
W 2–0 		 Joergensen (DEN)
W 2–0 		 Glasnovic (CRO)
W 2–1 		—  Perez Polo (ESP)
L WD 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Caden Cunningham +87 kg  Pilipovic (NOR)
W 2–0 		 Atesli (TUR)
W 2–0 		 Bozic (CRO)
W 2–0 		—  Georgievski (MKD)
W 2–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Women

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semi-final Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Phoenix Goodman -46 kg  Jimenez (ESP)
W 2–1 		 Stojkovic (CRO)
L 0–2 		Did not advance  Csaki (HUN)
W 2–0 		Bronze medal final
 Celik (GER)
L 0–2 		5
Maddison Moore -49 kg  Kamka'phou (FRA)
W 2–0 		 Dincel (TUR)
L 0–2 		Did not advance Bronze medal final
 Semberg (ISR)
W 2–1 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Jodie McKew -53 kg  Bogdanović (SRB)
W 2–1 		 Patakfalvy (HUN)
L 1–2 		Did not advance
Jade Jones -57 kg  Gretarsdottir (ISL)
W 2–0 		 Ortiz Benito (ESP)
W 2–0 		 Tomic (CRO)
W 1–0 WD 		—  Marton (HUN)
W 2–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Aaliyah Powell -62 kg  Magdaleno Albizu (ESP)
W 2–0 		 Szpak (POL)
W 2–0 		 Chaari (BEL)
L 0–2 		— Bronze medal final
 Reljikj (MKD)
W 2–0 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Chloe Roberts -67 kg  Koerndl (GER)
L 1–2 		Did not advance
Rebecca McGowan -73 kg  Haugen (HUN)
W 2–0 		 Klepac (CRO)
L WD 		Did not advance
Bianca Cook +73 kg Bye  Castineira Etcheverria (ESP)
W 2–0 		 Kowalczuk (POL)
L 1–2 		— Bronze medal final
 Boyadzhieva (BUL)
L 0–2 		5

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2023 European Games

Great Britain qualified for three quota places in both the men's and women's events. This also entitled them to enter a team in the mixed relay. As with diving, a World Triathlon Championship Series event is taking place in close proximity, and Great Britain have employed a split squad, with most of the higher ranked athletes, excepting Barclay, competing in Montréal.[17]

Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total time Rank
Connor Bentley Men's triathlon 18.21 0.55 56.42 0.26 34.01 1:50.22 32
Barclay Izzard 19.04 0.49 56.08 0.23 30.58 1:47.21 9
Hamish Reilly 18.28 0.51 58.13 0.29 33.07 1:51.06 35
Sophie Alden Women's triathlon 19.19 0.58 1:01.48 0.30 37.54 2:00.27 18
Hollie Elliott 20.43 0.59 1:03.39 0.30 37.29 2:03.18 28
Sian Rainsley 19.47 0.56 1:01.18 0.30 35.42 1:58.12 11
Barclay Izzard
Sophie Alden
Connor Bentley
Sian Rainsley
Total 		Mixed relay 3.52

3.59

3.39

4.06 		0.26

0.31

0.31

0.30 		7.01

7.36

6.59

7.30 		0.29

0.29

0.27

0.29 		4.17

4.59

4.11

5.10
16.04

17.41

15.56

17.54
1:07.33 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

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