Freya Anderson
British swimmer (born 2001) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Freya Ann Alexandra Anderson MBE (born 4 March 2001) is a British swimmer, known primarily for her achievements as a freestyle sprinter, especially as a relay swimmer for Great Britain.[2] Anderson achieved nine relay gold medals at three editions of the European Championships, including 5 golds in a single meet at the 2020 European Championships in Budapest, as well as two bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games and a bronze at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships. In July 2021, she won gold as part of the British team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay, swimming the freestyle anchor leg in the heat.
Personal information | |
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Full name | Freya Anderson |
Born | (2001-03-04) 4 March 2001 (age 23) Birkenhead, Merseyside, England |
Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[1] |
Weight | 12 st 4 lb; 172 lb (78 kg)[1] |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
Club | Bath Performance Centre[2] |
Coach | David McNulty[2] |
Medal record |
Individually, Anderson has won silver and bronze medals in the 2022 European Championships (50m), and is a three time European individual champion in short course (25m), winning both 100 m and 200 m freestyle in 2019 in Glasgow, and the 200 m again in Otopeni in 2023. Anderson also won relay gold in the mixed 4 x 50 m freestyle event, again in 2023.
Anderson is a three-time European Junior and one-time World junior champion individually.