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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.[2] Anderson achieved nine 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.

Freya Anderson
MBE

Personal information
Full name	Freya Anderson
Nationality	British
Born	(2001-03-04) 4 March 2001 (age 21) Birkenhead, 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	Ellesmere College Titans [2]
Coach	Alan Bircher [2]
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m mixed medley World Championships 2019 Gwangju 4×100 m mixed medley European Championships (LC) 2018 Glasgow 4×200 m freestyle 2018 Glasgow 4×100 m mixed medley 2020 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle 2020 Budapest 4×200 m freestyle 2020 Budapest 4×100 m medley 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 200 m freestyle 2022 Rome 4×200 m freestyle 2022 Rome 4×100 m mixed freestyle 2018 Glasgow 4×200 m mixed freestyle 2018 Glasgow 4×100 m medley 2020 Budapest 200 m freestyle 2022 Rome 100 m freestyle European Championships (SC) 2019 Glasgow 100 m freestyle 2019 Glasgow 200 m freestyle 2019 Glasgow 4x50 m mixed freestyle World Junior Championships 2017 Indianapolis 100 m freestyle European Junior Championships 2016 Hódmezővásárhely 100 m freestyle 2018 Helsinki 50 m freestyle 2018 Helsinki 100 m freestyle 2018 Helsinki 4x100 m medley 2016 Hódmezővásárhely 4x200 m freestyle 2018 Helsinki 4x100 m mixed medley 2016 Hódmezővásárhely 4x100 m freestyle 2016 Hódmezővásárhely 4x100 m medley 2016 Hódmezővásárhely 4x100 m mixed medley Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m freestyle 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m mixed freestyle 2018 Gold Coast 4×100 m freestyle 2018 Gold Coast 4×200 m freestyle 2022 Birmingham 4×200 m freestyle 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m mixed medley

Early life

Anderson started swimming lessons at the age of five and began to swim competitively when she was nine. She attended St Joseph's primary school and then Upton Hall Convent School before winning a scholarship to Ellesmere College in Shropshire. Anderson was painfully shy as a child; she described how she almost fled College when she was caught breaking rules and using an iPad at night. At the time, she was scared of swimming and she would cry and scream when her mother took her to swimming lessons. Always tall for her age she would walk on the pool floor, and get in trouble for it. She credits swimming with boosting her confidence.[2]

She hates swimming in the sea, lakes or any open water, and is allergic to chlorine.[2]

Career

Anderson won the 2016 British Swimming Championships 100m freestyle, with a time of 54.35. Her swim in the heats, 54.40, eclipsed British Swimming’s 10 year record, and she proceeded to lower it again in the finals. Anderson won the Gold at 2016 European Junior Championships in Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary, finishing 0.25 seconds ahead of the field in the 100m freestyle with a time of 54.72. Following a highly successful season Anderson won the Emerging Swimmer of the Year prize at the 2016 British Swimming Awards.[2]

As a junior swimmer, Anderson won the 100 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Junior Swimming Championships in Indianapolis. A year later she became the European Junior Champion at the 50 metre and 100 metre freestyle distances at the European Junior Swimming Championships. She was also part of the Great Britain team that won gold in the women's medley relay and a silver in the mixed medley relay in what was her breakthrough year in to the British senior team.[3]

Anderson competed in the women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.[4][5]

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games Anderson made her Commonwealth Games debut, competing for England and won bronze in the 4×100 m freestyle relay and in the 4×200 m freestyle relay events.[6]

At the 2018 European Championships, Anderson was part of the British team that won bronze in the mixed 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, a new event at the game.[7] She was also part of the British teams that won gold in the mixed 4 x 100 metre medley relay and gold in the women's women's 4 x 200m freestyle relay,[8][9] and ended the championships with another bronze in the women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay.[10] Anderson finished fourth in her individual 100 metre freestyle event, but set a new junior European record.

At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea, Anderson won a bronze as part of the team in the 4 × 100 m mixed medley relay.[11] Anderson was named as a member of the "high quality" team to go to the postponed 2020 Olympics in April 2021. This was Anderson's first Olympics.[12]

Anderson 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.[13] Anderson swam the anchor leg in the heat of the Mixed 4 x 100 metre medley relay, receiving a gold medal when the team, now with Anna Hopkin on anchor, won the final.[14]

Anderson was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to swimming.[15][16]

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)

References

External links

• Freya Anderson at FINA
• Freya Anderson at SwimRankings.net
• Freya Anderson at Olympics.com
• Freya Anderson at Olympedia
• Freya Anderson at British Swimming
• Freya Anderson at Team England
• Freya Anderson at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games

На других языках

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- [en] Freya Anderson

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[es] Freya Anderson

Freya Ann Alexandra Anderson (Birkenhead, 4 de marzo de 2001) es una deportista británica que compite en natación, especialista en el estilo libre.[1]

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[it] Freya Anderson

Freya Anderson (Birkenhead, 4 marzo 2001) è una nuotatrice britannica.

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[ru] Андерсон, Фрея

Фрея Андерсон (англ. Freya Anderson; род. 4 марта 2001, Биркенхед, Северо-Западная Англия) — британская пловчиха, призёр чемпионата мира 2019 года, девятикратная чемпионка Европы. Член сборной Великобритании по плаванию.

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