Our very own Lily Rice wins bronze medal in the S8 100m Backstroke Final at the 2022 Commonwealth Games!

She’s only gone and done it!

Not only is Lily a valued member of our operations team – but, after only picking swimming back up sixth months ago, she can now also call herself a Commonwealth Games bronze medallist!

Lily Rice at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Image credit: Swim Wales (Nofio Cymru)

A fantastic swim in the S8 women’s 100m backstroke saw Lily come in at 1:23:06 and win Wales’ first swimming medal at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

[Pullout] “It’s absolutely amazing. I’ve put in a lot of work in the pool and in the gym, which has paid off. It feels great, I’m top three so I’ll take that.” – Lily Rice, Operations Assistant and Commonwealth medalist [/Pullout]

Lily returns to work to show off her beautiful bronze medal

The whole Folly Farm family are beyond proud of Lily’s amazing achievement, and her colleagues were sure to give her a heroes welcome on the weekend once she returned from Birmingham. Watch this space – we’re pretty sure you’ll be seeing a lot more of Lily in the near future! 

Colleagues welcome Lily back to work after Commonwealth win