Bromley’s Cadet & Junior World Fencing champion Amelie Tsang could follow in footsteps of Tom Daley, Alex Yee and Hollie Arnold by winning SportsAid’s One-to-Watch Award

Amelie Tsang has already written her name into British fencing’s history books and has no plans to stop there.

The 17-year-old foil athlete from Bromley can pinpoint the exact month she fell in love with her sport, back in September 2015, when her mum decided to take her and her older sister to an after-school club.

Three weeks later, she took bronze in her first competition, and she has barely looked back since, becoming the first-ever British woman to be crowned fencing world champion in any category earlier this year.

Following a trailblazing season, Tsang has now been shortlisted in the top-10 for SportsAid’s prestigious One-to-Watch Award.

The annual Award, launched in 2006, recognises Britain’s brightest young sporting prospects and has previously been won by Olympic champions Tom Daley and Alex Yee and Paralympic gold medallist Hollie Arnold.

The top-10 athletes have been selected from around 1,000 rising stars, supported by SportsAid, across more than 60 different sports in 2023.

"I was really excited when I got the email to say I'd been nominated, as I didn't expect it," said Tsang.

"It's really nice to know that what you're achieving and what you've been doing is being recognised by such a big charity like SportsAid.

"It is good to know all the hours I'm putting in are not going unnoticed. It is a great stepping stone to carry on and do better."

The highlight of Tsang’s year came in Bulgaria in April as she stormed to the women’s foil title at the Cadet & Junior World Fencing Championships.

Aged just 16 at the time, the ZFW Fencing Club star went into the competition ranked eighth in a field of 83 but emerged victorious after beating Italy's Greta Collini 15-11 in the Final.

Alongside breaking onto the senior