Anna Hursey first Welsh table tennis player to qualify for Olympics

She'll be competing for Team GB at this summer's games in Paris

Author: Cam HallPublished 19th May 2024

Anna Hursey has become the first ever Welsh table tennis player to qualify the Olympics.

Hursey, 17, secured a spot at this summer's games with wins in all four games at the European qualification tournament in Sarajevo.

She's obtained one of five spots available for the Paris Olympics.

Hursey, from Carmarthen, is also the first British athlete to secure a qualification spot since 1992.

The official Team GB account on X, formerly known as Twitter, congratulated Hursey for "making history."

And Table Tennis Wales' CEO, Owen Rodgers, described her achievement as "amazing."

Hursey previously won a bronze medal in the women's doubles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

The women's singles tournament in Paris is scheduled to take place from 27 July to 3 August.