A young Team GB swimmer who has her eye on the Paris Olympics was celebrating a different win today – her fantastic A Level results.
Leah Schlosshan,18, of Adel, Leeds, has had to balance her studies at Bradford Grammar School (BGS) with being one of the country’s leading young swimmers.
Today, Leah’s hard work paid off with an A in Maths, A in Chemistry and A* in Biology. She now plans to take a year out to focus on her Olympics bid before taking up a place at the University of Nottingham to study medicine.
She said: “I’m looking forward to being able to completely focus on training and give qualifying for the Paris Olympics my best shot. I know it’s going to be hard, but I have a chance. It would be a dream come true.”
Leah began swimming when she was seven and swims for City of Leeds Swimming Club. Her recent successes include winning Gold in a record-breaking time in the 200m Individual Medley at the European Junior Championships in Belgrade, in July.
It follows her amazing haul at the British Swimming Championships, in April, when Leah smashed several personal bests and gained two senior Bronze medals – in the 200m IM and 400 IM.
Leah would get up at 4am, four times a week, to train for two hours before school followed by another 2.5 hours of training after school every day.
She said: “It has been tough to fit in training with studying for A Levels but at least I’ve had free periods and I’m pretty good at switching off. Many of my friends at swimming don’t have access to a pool at school either!”
“It would be a dream come true.”
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