Schlosshan shines as Great Britain’s youngsters impress in Belgrade

Posted on 11 July 2023

Defend­ing cham­pi­on Leah Schlosshan set a new Euro­pean Junior Swim­ming Cham­pi­onships record as Great Britain’s young­sters impressed on the inter­na­tion­al stage.

The City of Leeds swimmer’s gold medal win­ning per­for­mance in the Women’s 200m Indi­vid­ual Med­ley was the high­light of the Euro­pean Junior Swim­ming Cham­pi­onships for the British team in Belgrade.

Schlosshan clocked 2:12.41 on the final day of the event in Bel­grade to top the podi­um ahead of her com­pa­tri­ot Phoebe Coop­er, who fin­ished sec­ond in 2:13.28.

“I am real­ly hap­py I was able to defend my title from last year,” said Schlosshan. ​“It’s just a tiny bit off my best time, but I’m hap­py with the swim.

“This result show that my train­ings are con­sis­tent. The Olympics is in the next year, so I will con­tin­ue my train­ings, I will see what I able to do next year.”

Bochmann and Graham Strike Gold on Penultimate Day

Posted on 13 July 2009

Con­grat­u­la­tions to Anne Bochmann and Emma Gra­ham on win­ning gold medals in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the Euro­pean Junior Cham­pi­onships in Prague on Saturday.

Along with team mates, Eleanor Faulkn­er (Co Sheffield) and Danielle Stir­ratt (Co Cardiff), they also set a new Euro­pean Junior Record for the event. The team clocked 8:08.31 to break the record held by last years GB team by just over half a sec­ond. The team’s splits were as follows:

  • STIR­RAT Danielle 2:02.97
  • FAULKN­ER Eleanor 2:02.31
  • GRA­HAM Emma 2:02.24
  • BOCHMANN Anne 2:00.79

Spe­cial men­tion to a fan­tas­tic anchor leg by Anne, who took over in sec­ond place but soon over­hauled the team from Swe­den to win by over 2 sec­onds, and give Team GB its first of two gold medals at the meet.Well Done Girls!