Paris 2024 Olympics: Louie Hinchliffe - The British sprinting star who transitioned from promising golfer to Olympic hopeful

Sprinter Louie Hinchliffe is fulfilling his dream and in keen pursuit of gold at the Olympic Games Paris 2024.

The Team GB athlete will compete in the men’s 100metres and the men’s 4x100m relay at the Stade de France and, among fierce competition in track and field, will fight to announce himself on the world stage.

To call 2024 a whirlwind year for Hinchliffe is an understatement.

The Briton was an impressive golfer with a single-figure handicap, focusing on the sport until just a few years ago. But he had always been a sprinter too and, at the age of 17, decided to switch to athletics.

Once he recruited the help of nine-time Olympic champion Carl Lewis, his steady rise became exponential.

Louie Hinchliffe: ‘I will go with the attitude that I can win’

Hinchliffe ran the sixth-fastest 100m time in British sprint history in June, recording 9.95 seconds at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Oregon, USA.

Later that month, the Sheffield-born sprinter booked his place at Paris 2024, taking gold in the Team GB Olympic Trials at the UK Athletics Championships Manchester 2024.

Upon qualifying for Paris, Hinchliffe said to The Independent: “It means everything to be going to Paris - I have dreamed about the Olympics since I was a kid. I will go with the attitude that I can win. I seem to do well in the high-pressure situations, so who knows.

“This is the first year I have taken my athletics seriously, now I am really focused 100 per cent on training, nutrition, rest - the whole deal.”

Hinchliffe will line up along the likes of USA’s Noah Lyles, British teammate Zharnel Hughes and defending Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs of Italy. His sights will be firmly set on making the men’s 100m final in Saint-Denis on 4 August, with the men’s 4x100m relay final five days later back at the Stade de France.