Lucy Hope (swimmer)

This article is about the Scottish swimmer. For the Scottish footballer, see Lucy Hope (footballer).

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] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Lucy Hope

Personal information
Born	(1997-01-30) 30 January 1997 (age 28) Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Tring SC
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Great Britain World Championships (LC) 2024 Doha 4×200 m freestyle 2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m mixed freestyle European Championships (LC) 2018 Glasgow 4×200 m freestyle 2020 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle 2020 Budapest 4×200 m freestyle 2020 Budapest 4×100 m mixed freestyle 2020 Budapest 4×200 m mixed freestyle 2022 Rome 4×100 m freestyle 2022 Rome 4×200 m mixed freestyle 2022 Rome 4×200 m freestyle 2022 Rome 4×100 m mixed freestyle European Championships (SC) 2023 Otopeni 4x50 m mixed freestyle 2023 Otopeni Women's 4x50 m freestyle

Career

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] At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, she participated in the women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay an dthe women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay.