Lucy Hope

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Lucy Hope
Personal information
Born (1997-01-30) 30 January 1997 (age 27)
Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Doha 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m mixed freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Glasgow 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2020 Budapest 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2020 Budapest 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2020 Budapest 4×200 m mixed freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Rome 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Rome 4×200 m mixed freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Rome 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Rome 4×100 m mixed freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Otopeni 4x50 m mixed freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2023 OtopeniWomen'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 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]

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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. Retrieved 16 April 2024.