Being good at maths might help you become great at sports – Emma Raducanu showed us why

By Laurence Shaw, Lecturer in Mathematics, Nottingham Trent University

Following her triumph in the recent US Open tennis tournament, Emma Raducanu was interviewed by Chinese media outlet CGTN and revealed that maths was her favourite subject at school. Raducanu told the interviewer she was “a numbers person” and really enjoyed the problem-solving aspect. The tennis player, who recently received an A* at A-level, said she loved working on maths puzzles which, she said, gave her a thrill to solve.

Her passion for maths follows in the footsteps of Britain’s…

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