Anna Hopkin
MBE
Anna Hopkin, in an interview in 2017
Personal information
Born (1996-04-24) 24 April 1996 (age 27)
Chorley, Lancashire, England
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
College teamUniversity of Arkansas (U.S.)
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m mixed medley
World Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m mixed freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Melbourne 50 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2020 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2020 Budapest 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2020 Budapest 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2020 Budapest 4×100 m mixed medley
Gold medal – first place 2022 Rome 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Rome 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Budapest 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Rome 4×100 m mixed medley
European Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 2019 Glasgow 4×50 m mixed freestyle
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m medley

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.

Career

Hopkin, who is from Chorley, competed for England in the women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, winning a bronze medal.[2]

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.[3][4][5]

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.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8]

Awards

Hopkin was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to swimming.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ "Anna Hopkin". Team England. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Freya Anderson wins Commonwealth Games bronze medal". Shropshire Star. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Two British records land relay teams gold and silver in budapest". British Swimming. 17 May 2021.
  4. ^ "European Swimming Championships: Great Britain win 4x100m mixed medley gold". BBC Sport. 20 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Outstanding medal haul at European Championships and rapid times offer plenty of Tokyo encouragement for Bath-based swimmers". Team Bath. 24 May 2021.
  6. ^ "'Exceptionally high-quality' team named for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". Swim England Competitive Swimming Hub. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Olympic gold for Chorley's Anna Hopkin". Lancashire Evening Post. 31 July 2021.
  8. ^ "British Swimming Championships 2023". British Swimming. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  9. ^ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N20.
  10. ^ "New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame". BBC Sport. 31 December 2021.

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