Eva Okaro will become the first black woman to represent Team GB in the pool at an Olympics, but says it won't 'define' her.
Teenager Eva Okaro is set to become the first black woman to represent Team GB in the pool at the Olympics, but insists that alone will not "define" her.
Kevin Burns, who competed in Montreal in 1976, was the first black male British swimmer at an Olympics. "I really enjoy inspiring the younger athletes in general, but mainly young black swimmers just to know that they can do whatever they want to do," she said. She competed for clubs in Gillingham and Sevenoaks in the South East before relocating to Derbyshire where she boards and trains at Repton School.
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