Ten British sporting females to look out for in 2021

The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games will grace our screens in the summer, but there’s also the spectacles of the Women’s Six Nations and the Solheim Cup, as well as the remainder of the Barclays FA Women’s Super League season.

With so much to look forward to, here are ten British females to keep a look out for in the new year.

Freya Anderson (Swimming): After an excellent end to 2019 with double gold at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Glasgow, Anderson looked to be one of Britain’s brightest hopes at the Tokyo Olympics.

Despite that competition being postponed until 2021 due to the pandemic, Anderson once again showed her improvement during this year’s International Swimming League.

The London Roar swimmer proved crucial to her team in the relay events, as well as the 100m and 200m freestyle, breaking the British record for the latter several times in the competition.

Earlier in the year, Anderson moved from Ellesmere to Bath’s National Training Centre and after settling into the new regime, the 19-year-old will now have a few extra months of preparation ahead of Tokyo.

Sky Brown (Skateboarding): Skateboarding will make its long-awaited debut at the Olympic Games when Tokyo rolls around in the summer.

In 2019, Brown secured a bronze medal at the Park Skateboarding World Championships in Sao Paulo and proved her prowess.

However, earlier this year Brown had a horrific fall where she suffered several skull fractures and a broken left wrist and hand.

Despite this, she is determined to continue her Olympic journey and all eyes will be on Brown to see what she can do.

Hannah Cockroft (Para-athletics): After initially struggling with the postponement of the Paralympic Games, Cockroft returned to the track over the summer in blistering form.

The five-time Paralympic gold medallist competed at the British Wheelchair Athletic Association Grand Prix in Stoke Mandeville.

The Yorkshire T34 star lowered four world records in four days with new bests set in the 800m, 400m, 200m and 100m events.

Due to the event not being sanctioned by ParaAthletics, the times have not been recorded as world records but Cockroft will be hoping to repeat the performance this year.

Jade Jones (Taekwondo): One star who loves an Olympic year is Jones. She was thrown into the limelight at the age of 19 after she clinched gold at London 2012.

And the Welsh fighter repeated that feat when she triumphed on the biggest stage once again at Rio 2016.

Jones was crowned World Champion in front of a home crowd in Manchester last year and recently, she struck gold again this time at the European Championships.

With another Olympic Games on the horizon, Jones will have another defence of her Olympic crown at the front of her mind.