Fran Halsall

Fran Halsall, born Francesca Jean Halsall on 12 April 1990 in Southport, is a retired English competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain at the Olympics, the world championships and the European championships, and England at the Commonwealth Games. She swam mainly freestyle and butterfly events. She was the youngest member of the England swim squad at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, where she won two relay silver medals, and she won gold in the 50 metre butterfly at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and in the 50 metre freestyle at the 2014 Games. At the 2010 European Championships in Budapest she won five medals, which made her the most successful British swimmer at a single championships. She competed at the Olympics in 2008, 2012 and 2016, narrowly missing a bronze medal in the 50 metre freestyle in 2016, and was awarded an honorary doctorate by Edge Hill University in 2017.