Katie Shanahan

Katie Shanahan
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born (2004-06-25) 25 June 2004 (age 20)
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place 2022 Rome 200 m backstroke
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Rome 200 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2021 Rome 400 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2021 Rome 100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2021 Rome 200 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2021 Rome 4×100 m mixed medley
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Kazan 400 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Rome 4×100 m medley
European Youth Olympic Festival
Gold medal – first place 2019 Baku 200 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2019 Baku 200 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2019 Baku 400 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2019 Baku 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2019 Baku 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2019 Baku 4×100 m mixed medley
Representing  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham 400 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham 200 m backstroke

Katie Shanahan (born 25 June 2004) is a Scottish professional swimmer.[1][2]

Career

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Shanahan competed in the women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Abu Dhabi.[3]

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham, England, starting in July, Shanahan won the bronze medal in the 400 metre individual medley with a time of 4:39.37.[4][5] Three days later, she won the bronze medal in the 200 metre backstroke with a personal best time of 2:09.22.[6][7]

In 2023, she won two gold medals at the 2023 British Swimming Championships in the 200 metres backstroke and the 200 metres medley. It was the second successive time that she had won the 200 backstroke title.[8]

After finishing second in both the 200 metres backstroke and the 400 metres medley at the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, Shanahan recorded times that met the British Consideration criteria for a place at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[9] She was subsequently named in the British team for the Olympics.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Meet the Bishopbriggs swimmer who has won gold at the European Junior Championships". Glasgow Times. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Shanahan and Mildred lead the way in Rome". British Swimming. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  3. ^ "15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m): Women's 400m Individual Medley" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 400m Individual Medley Final Results". Longines. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Scotland's Katie Shanahan claims 400m medley bronze". BBC Sport. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 200m Backstroke Final Results". Longines. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Scottish swimmers win three more medals in the pool". Scottish Swimming. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  8. ^ "British Swimming Championships 2023". British Swimming. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Speedo Aquatics GB Swimming Championships 2024". Swimming.org. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Paris Olympics 2024: Team GB name swimming squad for Games". BBC Sport. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
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