Para-athlete Emmanuel Oyinbo-Coker, rhythmic gymnast Marfa Ekimova, powerlifter Mark Swan and Para-swimmer Poppy Maskill are all in with a chance of winning the competition launched in 2006 to celebrate the achievements of Britain’s brightest young prospects.

Previous victors, including Tom Daley OBE, Hollie Arnold MBE, Courtney Tulloch and Alex Yee MBE, have already amassed more than 50 senior medals from Olympic and Paralympic Games, World and European Championships and Commonwealth Games.

The four Team England athletes have been selected from around 1,000 rising British stars, supported by SportsAid, across more than 60 different sports during 2022.

The result will be announced at the charity’s Celebrate the Next event in London on November 17.

Oyinbo-Coker, 21, won gold in the men’s T45-47 100 metres at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games at a packed Alexander Stadium and also won the men’s T47 100m at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Dubai.

Ekimova, 17, won gold in the women’s individual all-around event at Birmingham 2022 and helped England to team bronze.

Swan, 21, won silver in the men’s lightweight category at Birmingham 2022, and also took gold in the men’s under-65kg category at the 2021 World Junior Championships and the 2022 European Open Para Powerlifting Championships.

Maskill, 17, was fourth in the women’s S14 200m freestyle at Birmingham 2022 and took a silver and bronze at the World Para Swimming Championships.

Others in contention are modern pentathlete Gabrielle Holland, netballer Jayda Pechova, 15-year-old climber Lucy Garlick, rower Marcus Chute, 19-year-old Yemi Mary John, the World Athletics under-20 women’s 400m champion, and 17-year-old judoka Charlotte Jenman, winner of the European Cadet Cup 2022.