Anna Hopkin

Not to be confused with Anna Hopkins.

Anna Hopkin
MBE

Anna Hopkin, in an interview in 2017
Personal information
Born	(1996-04-24) 24 April 1996 (age 28) Chorley, Lancashire, England
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
College team	TeamBath Arkansas Razorbacks
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m mixed medley World Championships (LC) 2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m mixed freestyle 2024 Doha 4×100 m mixed medley World Championships (SC) 2022 Melbourne 50 m freestyle European Championships (LC) 2020 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle 2020 Budapest 4×100 m medley 2020 Budapest 4×100 m mixed freestyle 2020 Budapest 4×100 m mixed medley 2022 Rome 4×100 m freestyle 2022 Rome 4×100 m mixed freestyle 2020 Budapest 100 m freestyle 2022 Rome 4×100 m mixed medley European Championships (SC) 2019 Glasgow 4×50 m mixed freestyle Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m freestyle 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m mixed freestyle 2018 Gold Coast 4×100 m freestyle 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m medley

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.

Early life

Hopkin is from Chorley. She attended Withnell Fold Primary School and St Michael's C of E High School,^[2] and completed her A Levels at Runshaw College in 2014.^[3] She graduated from the University of Bath in 2018 with a degree in Sport and Exercise Science.^[4]

Career

Hopkin competed for England in the women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, winning a bronze medal.^[5]

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.^[6][7][8]

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.^[9] 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.^[10]

In 2023, she won the gold medal at the 2023 British Swimming Championships in the 50 metres freestyle. It was the third consecutive time that she had won the 50 metres event.^[11] After winning both the 50 metres freestyle and the 100 metres freestyle at the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, Hopkin sealed her place at the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[12]

Awards

Hopkin was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to swimming.^[13][14]

References

1. "Anna Hopkin". Team England. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
2. Seddon, Aimee (12 January 2024). "Chorley Olympian Anna Hopkin to hold session teaching people to learn to swim as fast as her!". Lancashire Post. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
3. "Olympic champion and alumni Anna Hopkin returns to Runshaw". Runshaw College. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
4. "Anna Hopkin win Sports Personality prize as 2018 Blues Awards celebrate both student sport and Winter Olympics". Team Bath. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
5. "Freya Anderson wins Commonwealth Games bronze medal". Shropshire Star. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
6. "Two British records land relay teams gold and silver in budapest". British Swimming. 17 May 2021.
7. "European Swimming Championships: Great Britain win 4x100m mixed medley gold". BBC Sport. 20 May 2021.
8. "Outstanding medal haul at European Championships and rapid times offer plenty of Tokyo encouragement for Bath-based swimmers". Team Bath. 24 May 2021.
9. "'Exceptionally high-quality' team named for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". Swim England Competitive Swimming Hub. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
10. "Olympic gold for Chorley's Anna Hopkin". Lancashire Evening Post. 31 July 2021.
11. "British Swimming Championships 2023". British Swimming. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
12. "Speedo Aquatics GB Swimming Championships 2024". Swimming.org. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
13. "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N20.
14. "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 British Swimming
• 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)
• Anna Hopkin at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games