Katie Shanahan

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Katie Shanahan
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born (2004-06-25) 25 June 2004 (age 19)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
European Championships (LC)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Rome 200 m backstroke
European Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Rome 200 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Rome 400 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Rome 100 m backstroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Rome 200 m backstroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Rome 4×100 m mixed medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Kazan 400 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Rome 4×100 m medley
European Youth Olympic Festival
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Baku 200 m backstroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Baku 200 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Baku 400 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Baku 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Baku 4×100 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Baku 4×100 m mixed medley
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham 400 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham 200 m backstroke

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

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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]

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