Freya Colbert Swimmer

  • DOB

    8 Mar 2004
  • Coach

    Dave Hemmings
  • Club

    British Swimming Performance Centre, Loughborough
  • Main event

    Freestyle/Medley
  • Best result

    World Champion
  • Medals (INT/NAT)

    • 8
    • 5
    • 3
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Freya Colbert is preparing for her Olympic Games debut in Paris off the back of medal-winning performances across World Championship, European and Commonwealth level during her first two seasons on the senior stage.

The 2023 World Championships brought a fifth-placed finish in the Women's 400m Individual Medley and fourth as part of the strong Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay quartet, before the 2024 Worlds - six months out from the Olympics - provided the versatile Freya with two outstanding podium moments, gold in the 400m IM following a silver for the Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay team.

Colbert's first taste of international action was at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, with her highest finish being ninth in the 4x200m Freestyle Relay. Her next outing was with Team England at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where she was part of the 4x200m Freestyle Relay team which took the bronze medal. She then followed this up with the a gold, silver, and bronze at the European Championships in Rome, as she became European Champion in the Mixed 4x200m Freestyle Relay and individual bronze medallist in the 400m Individual Medley.

The Nova Centurion swimmer put in some stellar performances at the 2022 British Swimming Championships, taking gold in the 400m Individual Medley. This was backed up by a silver and bronze in the 400m and the 200m Freestyle events respectively against strong competitors.


Long Course
Event Year Time/Score Record
100m Freestyle 2024 55.10
200m Freestyle 2024 1:56.22
400m Freestyle 2023 4:06.80
800m Freestyle 2023 8:35.02
200m Backstroke 2023 2:08.73
200m Individual Medley 2024 2:10.46
400m Individual Medley 2024 4:34.01
World Championships
Event Year Time/Score Result
400m Individual Medley 2024 - Doha 4:37.14 Gold
200m Backstroke 2024 - Doha 2:11.22 8th
4x200m Freestyle Relay 2024 - Doha 7:50.90 Silver
400m Individual Medley 2023 - Fukuoka 4:35.28 5th
4x200m Freestyle Relay 2023 - Fukuoka 7:46.63 4th
400m Freestyle 2023 - Fukuoka 4:09.02 13th
200m Freestyle 2022 - Budapest 1:59.48 19th
400m Freestyle 2022 - Budapest 4:12.82 18th
400m Individual Medley 2022 - Budapest 4:45.55 12th
4x200m Freestyle Relay 2022 - Budapest 7:59.87 9th
European Championships
Event Year Time/Score Result
4x200m Freestyle Relay 2022 - Rome 7:54.73 Silver
400m Individual Medley 2022 - Rome 4:40.06 Bronze
Mixed 4x200m Freestyle Relay 2022 - Rome 7:28.16 Gold
200m Individual Medley 2022 - Rome 2:13.65 9th
400m Freestyle 2022 - Rome 4:18.92 19th
Commonwealth Games
Event Year Time/Score Result
400m Freestyle 2022 - Birmingham 4:16.31 10th
400m Individual Medley 2022 - Birmingham 4:39.80 4th
4x200m Freestyle Relay 2022 - Birmingham 7:57.11 Bronze
Aquatics GB Swimming Championships
Event Year Time/Score Result
100m Freestyle 2024 - London 55.10 4th
200m Freestyle 2024 - London 1:56.22 Gold
200m Individual Medley 2024 - London 2:10.46 Silver
400m Individual Medley 2024 - London 4:34.01 Gold
400m Freestyle 2023 - Sheffield 4:06.80 Gold
800m Freestyle 2023 - Sheffield 8:35.02 Gold
200m Backstroke 2023 - Sheffield 2:08.73 Silver
400m Individual Medley 2023 - Sheffield 4:35.50 Gold
100m Freestyle 2022 - Sheffield 55.41 9th
200m Freestyle 2022 - Sheffield 1:57.90 Bronze
400m Freestyle 2022 - Sheffield 4:09.04 Silver
400m Individual Medley 2022 - Sheffield 4:41.27 Gold