Katie Shanahan Explained

Katie Shanahan
Nationality:British (Scottish)
Birth Date:25 June 2004
Birth Place:Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Katie Shanahan (born 25 June 2004) is a Scottish professional swimmer.[1] [2]

Career

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Meet the Bishopbriggs swimmer who has won gold at the European Junior Championships . Glasgow Times . 18 July 2021 . 16 December 2021.
  2. Web site: Shanahan and Mildred lead the way in Rome . British Swimming . 16 December 2021.
  3. Web site: 15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m): Women's 400m Individual Medley . FINA . 16 December 2021.
  4. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-07-29/SWMW400MIM------------FNL-000100--__C73A1_1.0.pdf "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 400m Individual Medley Final Results"
  5. https://www.bbc.com/sport/av/commonwealth-games/62355677 "Commonwealth Games: Scotland's Katie Shanahan claims 400m medley bronze"
  6. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-08-01/SWMW200MBA------------FNL---------__C74A_1.0.pdf "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 200m Backstroke Final Results"
  7. https://www.scottishswimming.com/news/scottish-swimmers-win-three-more-medals-in-the-pool "Scottish swimmers win three more medals in the pool"
  8. Web site: British Swimming Championships 2023 . British Swimming . 20 April 2023.
  9. Web site: Speedo Aquatics GB Swimming Championships 2024 . Swimming.org . 9 April 2024.
  10. News: Paris Olympics 2024: Team GB name swimming squad for Games . BBC Sport . 16 April 2024 . 16 April 2024.

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