Welsh swimmer strikes Team GB coin ahead of Olympics

Jazz Carlin will strike the coin at the Royal Mint in Llantrisant later. Credit: TRM/Geoff Caddick/PA Wire

Welsh swimmer Jazz Carlin has been at the Royal Mint in Llantrisant to strike the official coin of Team GB, as they prepare for the Olympic Games in Rio later this year.

The 25-year-old, who herself qualified for the Games after winning the British 400m and 800m freestyle titles in Glasgow earlier this month, struck a gold edition 50p coin similar to one struck before the London Olympics in 2012.

The 50p coin will be struck as the athletes prepare for Rio later this year. Credit: TRM/Geoff Caddick/PA Wire

With just a hundred days to go until the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Brazil, The Royal Mint say they're getting behind the Team GB athletes before it all gets underway on the 5th August.

Jazz Carlin Profile:

  • Born in Swindon on 17th September, 1990.

  • Moved to Swansea in 2006 and began training at the Wales National Pool.

  • Became the first Welsh swimmer in 80 years to win two medals at a Commonwealth Games, and the first to win one since Pat Beavan in 1974, by taking the 200m Freestyle silver and 400m Freestyle bronze in Delhi in 2010.

  • Won the Commonwealth, European and British titles over 800m Freestyle, as well as European and British gold and Commonwealth silver in the 400m Freestyle in 2014.

  • Won a bronze in the 800m Freestyle at the World Championships in Russia last year.

Carlin qualified for Rio earlier this month. Credit: Joe Giddens/PA