Olympic champions lead Team GB at Baku 2015

Olympic champions lead Team GB at Baku 2015

Great Britain published a list of 153 athletes who will compete at the Baku 2015 European Games. They will compete in 13 different sports from 12-28 June.

"It's fantastic to be able to announce the athletes who will be competing for Team GB at Baku 2015," Britain's Chef de Mission, Mr. Mark England, said. "It's a great opportunity for many of them to test themselves against Europe's best, gain crucial multi-sport Games experience or build on their road to Rio 2016."

"I'm also delighted to see such a large team from Great Britain heading out to Baku - our largest travelling delegation since the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games – and I'm sure it'll be a hugely proud moment for each of them."

Boxer Nicola Adams won the London 2012 gold medal at 51kg and also has three World Championship silver medals.

Jade Jones is the first Briton to ever win a Taekwondo gold medal, topping the 57kg weight class at London 2012.

Another successful London Olympian to secure a spot at Baku 2015 is Ed McKeever, who won the K1 200m Canoe Sprint gold medal in 2012. The 31-year-old also captured K1 200m gold at the 2010 World and 2010 and the European Championships.

"I am proud to have been selected as part of Team GB again, this time at the European Games," McKeever said.

"This is a key competition for us just eight weeks out from the World Championships, which is a qualification event for Rio. Most of the world's top canoe sprint athletes come from Europe, so I am really looking forward to some fast racing and a chance to see how preparations are going."

Other British athletes of note are silver medal-winning judoka Gemma Gibbons and Alice Schlesinger, three-time world triathlon champion Helen Jenkins and taekwondo Olympic bronze medallist Lutalo Muhammad.

Here is the British team:

Archery: Naomi Folkard, Nicky Hunt, Amy Oliver, Kieran Slater

Beach Volleyball: Chris Gregory, Jake Sheaf

Boxing: Nicola Adams, Savannah Marshall, Sandy Ryan, Lisa Whiteside

Canoe Sprint: Lani Belcher, Rachel Cawthorn, Hayleigh Mason, Angela Hannah, Emily Lewis, Louisa Sawers, Jonathan Boyton, Christopher Calvert, Andrew Daniels, Liam Heath, Ed McKeever, Timothy Pendle, Jon Schofield, James Sytan

Diving: Matthew Dixon, Millie Fowler, Millie Hafferty, Ross Haslam, James Heatly, Jordan Houlden, Matty Lee, Shanice Lobb, Lydia Rosenthall, Katherine Torrance, Lois Toulson

Fencing: James Honeybone, Richard Kruse, Marcus Mepstead, Benjamin Peggs, Alexander Tofalides, Aliya Itzkowitz, Corinna Lawrence, Natalia Sheppard

Acrobatic Gymnastics: Jennifer Bailey, Ryan Bartlett, Hannah Baughn, Cicely Irwin, Josie Russell

Aerobic Gymnastics: Ella Augier, Sophie Goves, Chloe Farrance, Olivia Farrance, Kayleigh Silva

Artistic Gymnastics: Brinn Bevan, Frank Baines, Tyesha Mattis, Kelly Simm, Rebecca Tunney, Nile Wilson

Judo: Sarah Adlington, Frazer Chamberlain, Sally Conway, Kelly Edwards, Benjamin Fletcher, Megan Fletcher, Gemma Gibbons, Gemma Howell, Owen Livesey, Ashley McKenzie, Colin Oates, Natalie Powell, Alice Schlesinger, Nekoda Smythe-Davis

Shooting: Elena Allen, Jeremy Bird, Brad Davis, Mike Gilligan, John Hammond, Amber Hill, Charlotte Kerwood, Tim Kneale, Abbey Ling, Ed Ling, Jen McIntosh, Steve Scott

Synchronised Swimming: Phoebe Bradley-Smith, Jorja Brown, Danielle Cooper, Jodie Cowie, Emma Critchley, Lara Hockin, Esme Lower, Genevieve Randall, Hannah Randall, Rebecca Richardson

Swimming: Charlie Attwood, Layla Black, Emma Cain, Kyle Chisholm, Amelia Clynes, Georgia Coates, Madeleine Crompton, Luke Davies, Darcy Deakin, Tom Derbyshire, Tom Fannon, Hannah Featherstone, Luke Greenbank, Holly Hibbott, Joe Hulme, Cameron Kurle, Joe Litchfield, Jarvis Parkinson, Duncan Scott, Rebecca Sherwin, Daniel Speers, Laura Stephens, Abbie Wood, Martyn Walton

Table Tennis: Paul Drinkhall, Liam Pitchford, Kelly Sibley

Taekwondo: Max Cater, Mahama Cho, Jade Jones, Charlie Maddock, Lutalo Muhammad, Ruebyn Richards, Bianca Walkden

Trampoline: Katherine Driscoll, Laura Gallagher, Luke Strong

Triathlon: Gordon Benson, Thomas Bishop, Philip Graves, Helen Jenkins, Jess Learmonth, Heather Sellers

Water Polo: Dani Brazier, Isabelle Dean, Hannah Edwards, Sophie Jackson, Fleur Kennedy, Verity McCoy, Mhairi Nurthen, Lara Partridge, Hayley Price, Kathy Rogers, Grace Rowland, Lucy Shaw, Beth Ward

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