Freya Anderson
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Freya Anderson |
| Born | 4 March 2001 Birkenhead, Merseyside, England |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) |
| Weight | 12 st 4 lb; 172 lb (78 kg) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
| Club | Bath Performance Centre |
| Coach | David McNulty |
Medal record | |
Freya Ann Alexandra Anderson (born 4 March 2001) is a British swimmer, known primarily for her achievements as a freestyle sprinter, especially as a relay swimmer for Great Britain. Anderson achieved nine relay 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.
Individually, Anderson has won silver and bronze medals in the 2022 European Championships (50m), and is a three time European individual champion in short course (25m), winning both 100 m and 200 m freestyle in 2019 in Glasgow, and the 200 m again in Otopeni in 2023. Anderson also won relay gold in the mixed 4 x 50 m freestyle event, again in 2023.
Anderson is a three-time European Junior and one-time World junior champion individually.