Anna Hopkin MBE (born 24 April 1996) is a British swimmer.[1] She won gold as part of the British team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay, setting a new world record time.
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| Born | 24 April 1996 Chorley, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
editHopkin is from Chorley. She attended Withnell Fold Primary School and St Michael's C of E High School,[2] and completed her A Levels at Runshaw College in 2014.[3] She graduated from the University of Bath in 2018 with a degree in Sport and Exercise Science.[4]
Career
editHopkin competed for England in the women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, winning a bronze medal.[5]
In May 2021, at the European Championships held in Budapest, Hopkin won gold medals in women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle, women's 4 × 100 metre medley, mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle and mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relays.[6][7][8]
Hopkin was named as a member of the British team to go to the postponed 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. This would be her first Olympics and she joined as part of what was considered a "high quality" swimming team.[9] Hopkin swam the anchor freestyle leg in the Mixed 4 x 100 metre medley relay, and won gold in a new world record time of 3 minutes 37.58 seconds together with Adam Peaty, James Guy and Kathleen Dawson.[10]
In 2023, she won the gold medal at the 2023 British Swimming Championships in the 50 metres freestyle. It was the third consecutive time that she had won the 50 metres event.[11] After winning both the 50 metres freestyle and the 100 metres freestyle at the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, Hopkin sealed her place at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[12]
Awards
editHopkin was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to swimming.[13][14]
References
edit- ^ "Anna Hopkin". Team England. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ Seddon, Aimee (12 January 2024). "Chorley Olympian Anna Hopkin to hold session teaching people to learn to swim as fast as her!". Lancashire Post. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Olympic champion and alumni Anna Hopkin returns to Runshaw". Runshaw College. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Anna Hopkin win Sports Personality prize as 2018 Blues Awards celebrate both student sport and Winter Olympics". Team Bath. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Freya Anderson wins Commonwealth Games bronze medal". Shropshire Star. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Two British records land relay teams gold and silver in budapest". British Swimming. 17 May 2021.
- ^ "European Swimming Championships: Great Britain win 4x100m mixed medley gold". BBC Sport. 20 May 2021.
- ^ "Outstanding medal haul at European Championships and rapid times offer plenty of Tokyo encouragement for Bath-based swimmers". Team Bath. 24 May 2021.
- ^ "'Exceptionally high-quality' team named for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". Swim England Competitive Swimming Hub. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Olympic gold for Chorley's Anna Hopkin". Lancashire Evening Post. 31 July 2021.
- ^ "British Swimming Championships 2023". British Swimming. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ "Speedo Aquatics GB Swimming Championships 2024". Swimming.org. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N20.
- ^ "New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame". BBC Sport. 31 December 2021.
External links
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- Anna Hopkin at British Swimming
- Anna Hopkin at World Aquatics
- Anna Hopkin at SwimRankings.net
- Anna Hopkin at the International Swimming League
- Anna Hopkin at Olympics.com
- Anna Hopkin at Olympedia
- Anna Hopkin at Team England
- Anna Hopkin at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Anna Hopkin at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
