Lucy Hope (born 30 January 1997) is an active Scottish elite swimmer representing Scotland and Great Britain. A freestyle specialist, her most significant success has come in freestyle relay for Great Britain, for whom she has won seven gold medals at European level between 2018 and 2022.[1]
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| Born | 30 January 1997 Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She competed in the women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships, winning the gold medal. She won a further four gold medals in the 2020 European Aquatics Championships in the women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay and 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay, and the mixed 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay and 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay[2] In 2022, she was part of the Great Britain team that retained their titles in the women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle and the mixed 4 x 200 metre freestyle, while winning silver medals in the women's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay and the mixed 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay.
Hope is third on the all time women's list for Great Britain at the European Championship behind Fran Halsall and Freya Anderson.
Hope was selected for the British team for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Lucy Hope". Team Scotland. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "Paris Olympics 2024: Team GB name swimming squad for Games". BBC Sport. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
External links
edit- Lucy Hope at World Aquatics
- Lucy Hope at SwimRankings.net
- Lucy Hope at the International Swimming League
- Lucy Hope at Olympics.com
- Lucy Hope at Olympedia
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