Kate Shortman

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Kate Shortman
Personal information
Full nameKate Elizabeth Shortman
NationalityBritish
Born (2001-11-19) 19 November 2001 (age 22)
Bristol, United Kingdom
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Synchronised swimming
Medal record
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Doha Duet technical routine
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Fukuoka Solo free routine
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2024 Doha Duet free routine
European Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Duet free routine

Kate Elizabeth Shortman (born 19 November 2001) [1] is a British synchronised swimmer. She competed in the women's duet event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. [2] She also represented Great Britain at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary and at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. She also competed at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. She trains at the City of Bristol Swimming Club. [3]

At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships, she finished in 10th place in the solo technical routine and in 11th place in the solo free routine. [4] [5] Shortman and Isabelle Thorpe competed in the duet technical routine and duet free routine and they finished in 14th place in the preliminary round in both events. [6] [7]

In 2021, she competed in the solo free routine, the duet free routine and duet technical routine events at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.

She finished in 7th place in the solo technical routine at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. Shortman and Isabelle Thorpe finished in 9th place in the duet technical routine.

At the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Thorpe and Shortman won the silver medal in the Duet technical routine competition, becoming the first Britons to do so. [8] The pair followed this up with bronze in the Duet free routine competition. [9] This ensured the duo's qualification for the 2024 Paris Olympics. [10]

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References

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  2. Bennett, Charlie (3 August 2021). "Swimming duo Kate Shortman and Isabelle Thorpe go from Zoom routines to Olympic pool". Bristol Post. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  3. "Making a splash: Interview with Kate Shortman and Isabelle Thorpe". The Bristol Magazine. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  4. "Solo technical routine – Final" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  5. "Solo free routine – Final" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  6. "Duet technical routine – Preliminary round" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  7. "Duet free routine – Preliminary round" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  8. "World Aquatics Championships 2024: GB's Izzy Thorpe & Kate Shortman win silver and Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix takes diving bronze". BBC Sport . 5 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
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