Lucy Hope

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]

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
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships (LC)
2024 Doha4×200 m freestyle
2023 Fukuoka4×100 m mixed freestyle
European Championships (LC)
2018 Glasgow4×200 m freestyle
2020 Budapest4×100 m freestyle
2020 Budapest4×200 m freestyle
2020 Budapest4×100 m mixed freestyle
2020 Budapest4×200 m mixed freestyle
2022 Rome4×100 m freestyle
2022 Rome4×200 m mixed freestyle
2022 Rome4×200 m freestyle
2022 Rome4×100 m mixed freestyle
European Championships (SC)
2023 Otopeni4x50 m mixed freestyle
2023 OtopeniWomen's 4x50 m freestyle

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]

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.


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