Amy Williams to become Honorary Freeman of the City of Bath
3rd June 2010Amy Williams, Britain’s Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games golden girl, becomes the first woman to be made an Honorary Freeman of the City of Bath at a ceremony at Bath Abbey on Saturday (5 June).
The University of Bath-based athlete struck gold in the skeleton at the Vancouver 2010 Games to become Britain’s first individual Olympic Winter Games gold medallist for 30 years.
On Saturday she will join a select list of dignitaries to have become Honorary Freemen of the City of Bath. They include former Prime Ministers Winston Churchill and Lloyd George; Haile Selassie, the former Emperor of Ethiopia; Yehudi Menuhin, the famed violinist and conductor, and Bath-born athlete Jason Gardener, a member of the British gold medal winning 4x100m quartet at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.
Amy said: “It’s a massive honour. There are some big names on the list, so it’s amazing to be asked to be a Freeman of the City of Bath.”
The ceremony, which is open to members of the public, takes place at the annual general meeting of The Charter Trustees of the City of Bath, at Bath Abbey at 11am on Saturday.
The event is Bath’s annual Mayor Making Ceremony and will see Councillor Shaun McGall become the 783rd Mayor of Bath.
It will be followed by a Civic Reception in Amy’s honour in the Banqueting Room at Bath Guildhall, which is for invited guests.