Great Britain at the 2023 European Games

Great Britain at the
2023 European Games
Great Britain at the; 2023 European Games
IOC code	GBR
NOC	British Olympic Association
Website	www.teamgb.com
in Kraków, Poland; 21 June 2023 – 2 July 2023
Competitors	223 in 19 sports
Flag bearers	Abbie Brown and Joe Clarke (Opening); (Closing)
Medals	Gold 12 Silver 10 Bronze 27 Total 49
European Games appearances (overview)
	2015; 2019; 2023;

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[edit]

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[edit]

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
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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
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
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

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semi-final	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	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[edit]

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

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kate Shortman Isabelle Thorpe	Duet technical	—		242.9967	5
Kate Shortman Isabelle Thorpe	Duet free	207.0023	5 Q	223.5084
Ranjuo Tomblin Beatrice Crass	Mixed duet technical	—		203.4916
Ranjuo Tomblin Beatrice Crass	Mixed duet free	—		163.9688
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[edit]

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[edit]


Team	Event		Event points ***																			Total points	Rank
Team	Event		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	Total points	Rank
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
Great Britain (see below)	Team Championships First Division	Women	11	15	13	15	4	15	4	12	3	0	8	2	14	13	11	12	2	2	11	341	5

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[edit]

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		Bianca Williams *	11.29	6
200 m	Adam Clayton	21.18	=11	Bianca Williams	22.75
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
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		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		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[edit]

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
Athlete	Event	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)
Alexander Dunn Adam Hall	Men's doubles	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
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
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

Boxing[edit]

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
Athlete	Event	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
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

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semi-final	Final
Athlete	Event	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
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
Kerry Davis^[8]	Middleweight (66+ kg)	Michel (FRA) L 2–3	Did not advance

Breakdancing[edit]

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

Individual

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	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)	B-Boy	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[edit]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semi-final		Final
Athlete	Event	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[edit]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary				Quarter-final		Semi-final		Final
Athlete	Event	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
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
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
Chris Bowers Joe Clarke Jonny Dickson	K-1 team	—								146.46	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary				Quarter-final		Semi-final		Final
Athlete	Event	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
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
Mallory Franklin Phoebe Spicer Kimberley Woods	K-1 team	—								121.89	7

Cycling[edit]

Mountain Bike[edit]

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

BMX freestyle[edit]

Athlete	Event	Seeding				Final
Athlete	Event	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~~
Kieran Reilly	Men's park	80.16	80.33	80.25	3 Q	~~88.96~~	92.33
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[edit]

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
Athlete	Events	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ross Haslam	1 m springboard	386.45	4 Q	422.95
James Heatly	1 m springboard	335.90	10 Q	323.30	12
Ross Haslam	3 m springboard	430.70	1 Q	403.35	4
Matthew Dixon	3 m springboard	398.65	5 Q	401.05	6
Ben Cutmore	10 m platform	373.35	6 Q	410.75	4
Robbie Lee	10 m platform	424.35	2 Q	413.20
Ross Haslam James Heatly	3 m synchronized springboard	—		393.45	4
Ben Cutmore Matthew Dixon	10 m synchronized platform	—		372.69

Women

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

Mixed

Athlete	Events	Final
Athlete	Events	Points	Rank
James Heatly Grace Reid	3 m synchronized springboard	283.89
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[edit]

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
Athlete	Event	Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Match 5	Match 6	Rank	1/32 final	1/16 final	1/8 final	1/4 final	1/2 final	Medal final	Final rank
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
JJ Webb	Men's Sabre	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[edit]

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
Athlete	Event	RR	BR	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Total points	Final rank
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
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

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
Athlete	Event	RR	BR	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Total points	Final rank
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
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
Athlete	Event	RR	BR	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Total points	Final rank
Sam Curry Jess Varley	Team	13–13	2	10	217	2:00.21	7	310	0	1	300	12:12.70	4	568	1395

Rugby sevens[edit]

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

Rank

Opponent
Result

Rank

James Barden
Kaleem Barreto
Api Bavadra
Alex Davis
Tom Emery
Robbie Fergusson
Will Homer

Ross McCann
Max McFarland
Freddie Roddick
Femi Sofolarin
Morgan Williams
Tom Williams

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

Ellie Boatman
Abbie Brown
Shona Campbell
Heather Cowell
Megan Jones
Lisa Thomson
Lauren Torley

Jasmin Joyce
Rhona Lloyd
Isla Norman-Bell
Jade Shekells
Emma Uren
Amy Wilson-Hardy

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

Shooting[edit]

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

Pistol

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kristian Callaghan	Men's 10 m air pistol	570	29	Did not advance
James Miller	Men's 10 m air pistol	577	14	Did not advance
Kristian Callaghan	Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol	558	24	Did not advance
Sam Gowin	Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol	572	16	Did not advance
Jess Liddon	Women's 10 m air pistol	563	27	Did not advance
Jess Liddon	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
Athlete	Event	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	Women's 50 m rifle three positions	591-38x	2 Q	406.5
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
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Matthew Coward-Holley	Trap	121	9	Did not advance
Aaron Heading	Trap	120	12	Did not advance
Freddie Killander	Skeet	119	25	Did not advance
Ben Llewellin	Skeet	123	6 Q	17	4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Ranking match		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Lucy Hall	Trap	116	10	Did not advance
Georgina Roberts	Trap	113	19	Did not advance
Emily Hibbs	Skeet	115	14	Did not advance
Amber Rutter	Skeet	123	1 Q	16	4	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Matthew Coward-Holley Lucy Hall	Team trap	144	1 Q	Italy (ITA) L 4–6
Aaron Heading Georgina Roberts	Team trap	138	17	Did not advance
Freddie Killander Emily Hibbs	Team skeet	141	14	Did not advance
Ben Llewellin Amber Rutter	Team skeet	147	3 Q	Bronze medal match Ukraine (UKR) W 6–4

Sports climbing[edit]

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
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dayan Akhtar	Men's boulder	2T4z 8 9	1 Q	1T3z 2 7	4
Sam Butterworth	Men's boulder	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
Athlete	Event	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	Men's speed	6.011	9	Szalecki (POL) W 6.044	Knapp (AUT) L Fall	Did not advance

Table Tennis[edit]

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
Athlete	Event	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	Men's singles	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	Women's singles	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[edit]

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
Athlete	Event	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
Caden Cunningham	+87 kg	Pilipovic (NOR) W 2–0	Atesli (TUR) W 2–0	Bozic (CRO) W 2–0	—	Georgievski (MKD) W 2–0

Women[edit]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semi-final	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	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
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
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
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[edit]

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

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[:1-1] European Games: Olympic champions Charlotte Worthington & Joe Choong in GB squad from BBC.co.uk/sport

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[GBteamannouncement-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Team GB announces European Games Team

[4] "Artistic Swimming team ready for European Games challenge". British Swimming. Retrieved 2 June 2023.

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[6] "UPDATES TO THE GB & NI SQUAD FOR THE EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics. Retrieved 17 June 2023.

[7] "Facebook - Badminton Europe draw for European Games 2023". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 6 June 2023.

[GBboxingteam-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m GB Boxing squad for Krakow announced

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[13] "British divers confirmed for World Champs and European Games double". British Swimming. Retrieved 2 June 2023.

[14] steve.kemp@britishfencing.com (1 June 2023). "EUROPEAN GAMES 2023 FENCING SQUAD ANNOUNCED". BRITISH FENCING. Retrieved 3 June 2023.

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