Alice Dearing

Alice Dearing is a 24-year-old swimmer from Birmingham, UK, who made her Olympic debut at the Tokyo 2020 Games, competing in the 10km marathon swimming event. She started competitive swimming aged 8, and steadily progressed through the county, regional and national stages before swimming at her first international competition when she was 16, at European Juniors for the 400, 800 and 1500m freestyle. In the same year she attempted open water swimming for the first time and became European Junior champion in the 5km race.