By Retta Race on SwimSwam
Great Britain heard one of its most successful swimmers call ‘time’ on her career, as 28-year-old Anna Hopkin has decided to hang up her goggles.
A member of GBR’s gold medal-winning mixed medley relay at the 2020 Olympic Games, Hopkin concludes her career as a two-time LC World Championships relay medalist and eight-time LC European Championships medalist.
The Loughborough swimmer’s sole individual elite international medal came in the form of 100m free bronze at the 2020 European Championships.
On her decision to retire, Hopkin said on Instagram, “The time feels right to close the chapter on my swimming journey…
“I’ve taken time to reflect since the Olympics and I feel ready to leave the sport knowing I’ve given everything; physically and mentally and I have achieved beyond my wildest dreams! Olympic Champion, 2x Olympian, British record holder, world, commonwealth and European medalist… I still can’t believe that’s me 