Ten new Team GB names to watch at the 2023 European Games

Krakow 2023 13 Jun 23

Olympians are everywhere you look in Team GB’s squad for the 2023 European Games.

Equally plentiful are young prospects ready to burst onto the scene and use Kraków-Małopolska as a platform for even higher honours.

Here are ten new names set to shine from 21 June.

Reese Lynch - boxing

A sharp counterpuncher with fast feet, Lynch has all of the tools to secure a top four finish and thus Team GB’s ticket to Paris 2024 in the lightweight category.

In 2021 he became the first Scottish boxer to win a World Championship medal with bronze and backed that up with Commonwealth gold.

Team GB haven’t won an Olympic medal at -63.5kg since Amir Khan at Athens 2004. You’d wager that this confident 21-year-old will already see his name up in lights.

Carolina Stutchbury - fencing

The foil phenomenon fuelled hope of a bright future with European junior gold and world junior bronze last year.

Aged 17 and splitting her time between Atlanta and London, Stutchbury is already ranked 32 in the world as a senior and will hope to cement that step up at the European Games.

Caden Cunningham - taekwondo

Succeeding Lutalo Muhammad and Mahama Cho in the heavyweight category, the Huddersfield star comes into the Games in top form having won a maiden Grand Prix gold in a top global field in Rome.

He will have hoped for better than the quarter-finals at this month’s World Championships and will aim to show his best at European level for the first time.

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B-Boy Karam - breaking

Karam’s place in Team GB history is secure, forming the team's first-ever breaking squad with B-Boy Sunni.

Playful and explosive, Karam has built on last year’s European silver with more competitive outings on the World Series and is placed to target the podium in Poland.

Penny Healey - archery

World number one aged 18, Healey’s is the name on everyone’s lips in the world of bows and arrows.

The Shropshire star sat out a recent World Cup event in Medellin due to a ‘sudden and acute’ injury so will hope to be back to her best for the European Games.

Kerenza Bryson - modern pentathlon

Double gold in the World Cup Final and the end of a gruelling medical degree - the month of May couldn’t have gone much better for Bryson.

The Devonian leads an incredibly strong British women’s squad in the sport with Olivia Green and Jess Varley among the world’s top performers, making for an intriguing battle for Olympic selection.

Ben Llewellin - shooting

Llewellin was one shot away from qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics, an agonising near-miss that left him questioning his future in the sport.

Now back on the horse, the Welshman - whose dad David is a two-time British rallycross champion - has won European individual bronze and world mixed team gold with Amber Hill, returning for her third European Games.

Robbie Lee - diving

Hampshire-born Lee is another whose senior Championship debut is eagerly anticipated.

The teenager, who dives off the tall 10m tower, brought back three medals from the World Juniors last year, synchro silver, individual bronze and a podium place in the mixed team too.

Lee is well-equipped to soak up the experience of Grace Reid and James Heatly, senior members of the diving team in Poland.

Kieran Reilly - BMX

Reilly is more than just a one-trick pony but his party trick isn’t bad as the first man to land a triple flair in training last year.

The Geordie is now proving himself in the competitive arena and with a European silver in the can, will aim for even higher honours in Krakow.

Demie-Jade Resztan - boxing

Resztan is now targeting an Olympic debut that once seemed impossible due to weight category restrictions.

She has a fine record on the international stage with world and European medals and the first step on the road to Paris comes in Krakow where she can bank a quota place with a top four finish.

Tom Harle, Sportsbeat 2023