Freya Ann Alexandra Anderson was born on 4 March 2001 and is a British swimmer, known primarily for her achievements as a freestyle sprinter, especially as a relay swimmer for Great Britain.
17 Facts About Freya Anderson
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Individually, Freya Anderson has won silver and bronze medals in the 2022 European Championships, and is a three time European individual champion in short course, winning both 100 m and 200 m freestyle in 2019 in Glasgow, and the 200 m again in Otopeni in 2023.
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Freya Anderson won relay gold in the mixed 4 x 50 m freestyle event, again in 2023.
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Freya Anderson is a three-time European Junior and one-time World junior champion individually.
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Freya Anderson started swimming lessons at the age of five and began to swim competitively when she was nine.
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Freya Anderson attended St Joseph's primary school and then Upton Hall Convent School, with Frankie before winning a scholarship to Ellesmere College in Shropshire.
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Freya 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.
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Freya Anderson won the 2016 British Swimming Championships 100m freestyle, with a time of 54.35.
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Freya Anderson won the Gold at 2016 European Junior Championships in Hodmezovasarhely, Hungary, finishing 0.25 seconds ahead of the field in the 100m freestyle with a time of 54.72.
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Freya Anderson was 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.
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Freya Anderson competed in the women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.
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At the 2018 Commonwealth Games Freya Anderson made her Commonwealth Games debut, competing for England and won bronze in the freestyle relay and in the freestyle relay events.
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Freya Anderson finished fourth in her individual 100 metre freestyle event, but set a new junior European record.
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Freya Anderson was named as a member of the "high quality" team to go to the postponed 2020 Olympics in April 2021.
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Freya Anderson was named as a member of the British team to go to the postponed 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
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In 2025, Freya Anderson regained the 100 metres freestyle title at the 2025 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, which sealed a qualification place for the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore.
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Freya Anderson was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to swimming.