Katie Shanahan

Katie Shanahan

Personal information
Nationality	British (Scottish)
Born	(2004-06-25) 25 June 2004 (age 20) Glasgow, Scotland
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	backstroke
Club	University of Stirling City of Glasgow
Medal record Women's swimming Representing   Great Britain European Championships (LC) 2022 Rome 200 m backstroke European Junior Championships 2021 Rome 200 m medley 2021 Rome 400 m medley 2021 Rome 100 m backstroke 2021 Rome 200 m backstroke 2021 Rome 4×100 m mixed medley 2019 Kazan 400 m medley 2021 Rome 4×100 m medley European Youth Olympic Festival 2019 Baku 200 m backstroke 2019 Baku 200 m medley 2019 Baku 400 m medley 2019 Baku 4×100 m freestyle 2019 Baku 4×100 m medley 2019 Baku 4×100 m mixed medley Representing   Scotland Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham 400 m medley 2022 Birmingham 200 m backstroke

Katie Shanahan (born 25 June 2004) is a Scottish professional swimmer who competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics. ^{[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] where she reached the Olympic final, finishing fifth in the women's 200 metre backstroke.

In 2025, Shanahan won both the 100 and 200 metres backstroke titles at the 2025 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, which sealed a qualification place for the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. ^[11]

References

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.
11. "Shanahan and Rogers shine to make Singapore times". British Swimming. 17 April 2025. Retrieved 19 April 2025.

External links

• Katie Shanahan at British Swimming
• Katie Shanahan at World Aquatics
• Katie Shanahan at the International Swimming League
• Katie Shanahan at Commonwealth Games Scotland
• Katie Shanahan at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games