Over the years, many UoB students and alumni have competed at Olympics, Paralympics and Commonwealth Games. In 2004, six graduates and one current student competed in the Athens Summer Olympics, and four alumni competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, including cyclist Paul Manning who won an Olympic Gold. In 2012, Pamela Relph MBE was part of the rowing mixed coxed four that won Paralympic gold, and she successfully defended her title in Rio: the only current international para-rower to be a double Paralympic Champion.