Bowhill Miners Boxing Club star Niamh Mitchell has landed a financial boost from Scotland's national agency for sport ahead of the Commonwealth Games.
The 19-year-old is one of 43 athletes, from eight sports, that will share £210,000 of National Lottery funding from sportscotland's Athlete Personal Award programme (SAPA).
It is designed to ease financial pressures, and allow athletes to dedicate more time to training, recovery and competitions, as they build towards representing Team Scotland at this summer's Glasgow Games.
Niamh will be aiming to be selected for the boxing competition after continuing to showcase her ability in the ring.
She most recently travelled to Lithuania with Boxing Scotland, to compete in the prestigious Algirdas Socikas Tournament, where she won a bronze medal.
That came after gold medal wins for the 60kg lightweight fighter at the international Bocskai Tournament, in Hungary, and the Gee Bee Tournament, in Finland.
If selected by Team Scotland, Niamh would make her Commonwealth Games debut, and sportscotland chief executive, Forbes Dunlop, said: "Scotland is set for a truly memorable summer of sport.
"Hosting the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow once again is a huge moment for Scottish sport and our athletes.
"This National Lottery investment from the SAPA programme will ensure our athletes can focus fully on their training and performance as they prepare for one of the biggest events of their careers."
Niamh is one of four Fife athletes to have been awarded support through the fund, alongside Dunfermline bowlers, Sophie McGrouther and Sarah Jane Ewing, who have been both already been selected for the Games, and Cupar judoka, Finlay Allan, who won silver in the 66kg event in Birmingham four years ago.
The awards are in addition to year-round support the athletes receive from their sport's governing bodies, and sportscotland, with many benefitting from services provided by the latter's institute of sport.
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