Tenth place finish for º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ in Gold Coast 2018 Games medal table

If º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ were a country it would have been tenth in the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games medal table – ahead of Jamaica and Kenya.

It has been a tremendous Games for º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ’s athletes, who together won 30 medals – eight gold, 12 silver and 10 bronze.

More than 85 º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ students, alumni and campus-based athletes competed in seven different sports for nine different countries during the course of the Games.

Their combined efforts have given the University a top ten ranking in the Commonwealth Games.

º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Vice Chancellor Professor Robert Allison said: “We are all incredibly proud of every single one of our athletes who competed in the Commonwealth Games.

“Years of commitment, dedication, sacrifice and training go into making an elite athlete, and to even be selected to compete is a huge achievement.

“From the entire º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ family, I would like to offer my congratulations.”

To read more about º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ’s 2018 Commonwealth Games experience visit our Gold Coast website.

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It has been awarded five stars in the independent QS Stars university rating scheme, named the best university in the world to study sports-related subjects in the 2018 QS World University Rankings and top in the country for its student experience in the 2018 THE Student Experience Survey.

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