Women's EURO 2025 Final: Who is Hannah Hampton, the English goalkeeper battling a serious eye condition?
The shot-stopper has played every game in the Lionesses' run to defend its title. Her most prominent moment came in the quarterfinal against Sweden, where she was in goal for a remarkable penalty shootout where she conceded just two of the seven penalties.
Hampton's prolific tournament is made even more remarkable by the fact that she has a serious eye condition called strabismus. She has had the condition, which means that she struggles significantly with depth perception, since childhood.
Despite multiple attempts at medical intervention to correct her sight issues, this depth perception issue remains for Hampton.
The issue means that judging the trajectories of balls and catching them becomes difficult, and Hampton has had to adjust her technique in order to combat the issue.
However, she has been able to forge an incredibly successful professional career regardless. Victory in Sunday's final would cap a remarkable season for Hampton in which she has already completed a domestic treble with her club side Chelsea, winning the WSL Golden Glove in the process.
She established herself in the WSL whilst playing for Birmingham City, featuring for the side for four seasons. Ahead of the 2021/22 season, she moved across to Aston Villa, where she played until her move to the Blues in 2023.
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