Lucy Hope (swimmer)

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

Lucy Hope
Personal information
Born (1997-01-30) 30 January 1997
Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubTring 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

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.

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.

References

  1. ^ "Lucy Hope". Team Scotland. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Paris Olympics 2024: Team GB name swimming squad for Games". BBC Sport. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
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