University Rector meets Olympic Silver Medallist Stephen Milne

Published On Mon 12 Sep 2016 by Dominic Younger

World record-breaking cyclist Mark Beaumont, Rector of the University of Dundee, will meet Olympic medallist and fellow Scotsman, Stephen Milne at the Institute of Sport and Exercise today.

Stephen Milne, who lives in Perth, has been a sportscotland Institute of Sport supported athlete for six years and contributed Scotland’s 13 medals out of the 67 won in Rio last month.

The first of the swimming relay medals, in the 4x200m Freestyle Relay, was an all Scottish affair in the heats as Stephen Milne, Duncan Scott, Dan Wallace and Robbie Renwick took Team GB comfortably into the final, with James Guy replacing Robbie Renwick in the final, with the team finishing in 2nd place to bring home a silver medal.

The services Stephen receives from sportscotland include Physiotherapy, Medical, Nutrition, Performance Lifestyle and Physical Preparation. Many of these services are carried out at the Institute of Sport Exercise at the University of Dundee, where the sportscotland Institute of Sport (Tayside & Fife office) are based and other young athletes including Hannah Dines, Paralympic Athlete competing in Rio and 2012 Olympic Champion, Eilish McColgan.

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