Anna Hursey: Meet the teenage United Nations Young Champion making table tennis history for Great Britain

Anna Hursey is a history-maker.

The 17-year-old is set to become the first Welsh athlete to represent Great Britain in table tennis at the Olympic Games, after becoming the first Team GB player to secure a quota for Paris 2024.*

Her display at the European singles qualification tournament in Sarajevo last week was enough to earn the teenager the berth, and help achieve her dream of participating in the Olympics.

From shock to disbelief and excitement, the teen sensation has been going through all the emotions since the qualifier.

But who is Hursey? Read on to find out more about the player tipped to be table tennis’s next big European challenger…

*As National Olympic Committees have the exclusive authority for the representation of their respective countries at the Olympic Games, athletes' participation at the Paris Games depends on their NOC selecting them to represent their delegation at Paris 2024.

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