Anna Hopkin
Personal information | |
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Nationality | British |
Born | Chorley, Lancashire, England | 24 April 1996
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
College team | University of Arkansas (U.S.) |
Medal record |
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]
Hopkin was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to swimming.[8][9]
References
- ^ "Anna Hopkin". Team England. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Freya Anderson wins Commonwealth Games bronze medal". Shropshire Star. 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.
- ^ "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
- 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)
- 1996 births
- Living people
- English female swimmers
- English female freestyle swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Team Bath swimmers
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Sportspeople from Chorley
- Olympic swimmers of Great Britain
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists in swimming
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Arkansas Razorbacks women's swimmers
- Members of the Order of the British Empire