Georgia Coates

Coates was born on 19 February 1999 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[2] She attends Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley where she earned 12 GCSEs, completing her final exam in Baku whilst competing at the 2015 European Games.[3]

Coates is a member of the City of Leeds Swimming Club where she is coached by Richard Denigan.[3] In 2013, she represented Great Britain at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Utrecht, Netherlands.[4]

She was selected to swim for Great Britain at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan. In the 100-metre freestyle she reached the semi-finals and finished 12th in a time of 57.35 seconds.[5] She reached the final of the 400-metre individual medley but missed out on a medal after finishing fourth.[6][7] She won her first medal, a bronze, in the women's 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay alongside Darcy Deakin, Maddie Crompton and Hannah Featherstone.[8][9] In the mixed 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay Coates, Deakin, Martyn Walton and Duncan Scott won a silver medal behind the Russian quartet.[10][11] She placed fifth in the 200-metre breaststroke,[12] she won further bronze medals in the women's 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay and the women's 4 × 100-metre medley relay.[13][14][15] She won her fifth medal of the Games in the mixed 4 × 100-metre medley relay, as the British team, which also featured Luke Greenbank, Charlie Attwood and Amelia Clynes, took silver behind Russia.[16][17]

At the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships held in Singapore, she won two medals. She won a silver medal, finishing second to British team mate Rosie Rudin, in the girl's 400-metre individual medley, the took the bronze medal in the 200-metre individual relay.[18]

Coates finished third in the 200-metre freestyle at the 2016 British National Championships.[3] As a result, she was selected as part of the Great Britain team for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she will compete in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay with Jazmin Carlin, Ellie Faulkner and Camilla Hattersley.[3] At 17-years-old Coates is the youngest member of the Great Britain swimming team at the Games.[3][19]