Imani-Lara Lansiquot is reclaiming her narrative on and off the athletics track.
The sprinter was part of the women's 4x100m team that won silver in Paris this summer, upgrading their bronze from Tokyo.
To celebrate Black History Month, Team GB spoke to Lansiquot on this year's theme of 'Reclaiming the Narrative', delving into her reading habits, biggest inspirations and a pretty impressive Peckham mural.
In her own words, this is Imani-Lara Lansiquot's narrative.
I really like the theme of 'Reclaiming the Narrative'. It's one thing appreciating a story but having people come and say 'this is who I am' and giving people the confidence to shine exactly as they are is the next step up. I'm a massive advocate for that.
I'm very aware of the responsibility that comes with being an athlete but also being a young black person in the UK. I'm passionate about making sure people do not put me in a box or pigeonhole me because of these things that happen to exist.
I am very much myself and I want a bit of my narrative to join that puzzle piece of what blackness might mean and what Britishness might mean. I am an athlete and I absolutely love my job, but I'm also a girly-girl and love fashion and beauty. I'm also a history nerd and I love books.
I want all of those facets of my personality to come together and exemplify what it means to be black and British in the UK. Social media often wants to dictate what that means but it's our responsibility to reclaim that narrative.
Everyone has their inspirations and there are two standout people Lansiquot believes have helped shape her narrative.
Our biggest inspirations often come from those who are closest to us and I really have to shout out my dad.
He's one of very few black headteachers in the country and his school is one of the best. He's smashing it. Not just from an academic point of view, either - the culture he's fostering in a majority black school is incredible. They're growing up believing they can achieve anything they set their minds to and that's thanks to my dad.
My biggest inspiration growing up was probably Maya Angelou. The second book I read of hers, which made the biggest impact on me, was 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'. For years of my career, I felt like I had such an affinity to her and her writing style. I really looked up to her and I really recommend that people go out and read her work.
'Still I Rise' is one of my favourite poems ever from her and there are so many amazing quotes in that which relate to people at any stage in their life. When I first read that book, I must have been 15. I'm about to be 27 (in December) and I still find myself picking it up and being inspired by something new.
Books are a recurring theme for Imani-Lara, who set up her own book club earlier this year. As an elite athlete, the sprinter knows first-hand the importance of championing creativity away from routine.
I actually run a book club now. I love reading and learning about different times in history. It really broadens the mind and makes me very happy.
I really like Caleb Azumah Nelson, who is a fantastic black British author. His books are not poetry per se, but they follow quite a poetic rhythm. He is just a beautiful writer and depicts blackness, masculinity, family and Africa really well.
He knows how to translate it to a wider audience. I read 'Open Water' and then I read 'Small Worlds' during the Olympics, as well as in my book club, and it's equally as beautiful. But Open Water is my number one. What an amazing book. I remember reading it so quickly and just didn't want it to end.
Creativity, and the creative space in my mind, are those areas in life where there aren't any restrictions on what people think you should be or say. There is this freedom. Whether that's through music, or art, or poetry, I just think it's an incredible way for human beings to express themselves.
Coming from a very regimented life in my job, exploring and releasing myself into a world of creativity is a way to remind me that the world is a much bigger place than Olympic sport. That's why I like to incorporate it into my personal life and often it's about trying to champion black artists because it's a really big part of my value system.
After winning silver alongside Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita and Amy Hunt in Paris, Imani-Lara was honoured to be the subject of a local heroes project by British artist Mr Cenz. The artist painted a giant mural of Imani on the side of the Prince of Peckham pub, bringing hopes of a long-lasting legacy to inspire others through her own narrative.
It's an amazing thing to be a double Olympic medallist. If you had told little me that would have been a reality, I would have screamed. I've been so lucky in my life and my career to have achieved amazing things. But every so often something incredible comes along, like someone saying they want to paint a mural of you in your hometown.
It was one of the few times I was left absolutely speechless. It is about 100 metres from my granny's house, which is the epicentre of the Lansiquot heart. It means a lot to me.
It's incredible that the mural is up but it's not about the fact there's a painting of me on a wall, it's about what my career means and what I want it to mean, which is essentially legacy.
For someone to look up at that and see that someone from the same area as them, with the same upbringing as them, has been able to achieve things on the global stage. I hope it inspires young girls to go out and do even bigger things and surpass that. I'm a really big believer in if you can see it, you can be it.