Representing the waterfront town of Birkenhead, 20-year-old Freya Anderson is fittingly a world champion in the sport of swimming. She's especially proficient as a freestyle sprinter, having taken home seven gold medals at the European championships throughout her short career. Anderson has overcome the odds to get as far as she has; as a young girl, she struggled with anxiety and shyness, crying when her mother used to take her to swim lessons in Wirral.
Things are only looking brighter and brighter these days for Anderson, however. She moved to British Swimming's National Centre in Bath when the pandemic postponed the Tokyo Games in 2020 and has spent the year training with coach Dave McNulty, who has guided some of the most successful British swimmers to Olympic medals in years past.
Sport: Swimming
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