Mona McSharry

Mona McSharry

McSharry in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Mona McSharry
Nationality	Irish
Born	(2000-08-21) 21 August 2000 (age 24) Grange, County Sligo, Ireland
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Medal record Women's swimming Representing   Ireland Olympic Games 2024 Paris 100 m breaststroke World Championships (SC) 2021 Abu Dhabi 100 m breaststroke European Championships (SC) 2019 Glasgow 50 m breaststroke World Junior Championships 2017 Indianapolis 100 m breaststroke 2017 Indianapolis 50 m breaststroke European Junior Championships 2017 Netanya 50 m breaststroke 2017 Netanya 100 m breaststroke 2017 Netanya 200 m breaststroke 2016 Hódmezővásárhely 100 m breaststroke 2016 Hódmezővásárhely 50 m breaststroke European U-23 Championships 2023 Dublin 50 m breaststroke 2023 Dublin 100 m breaststroke 2023 Dublin 200 m breaststroke

Mona McSharry (born 21 August 2000) is an Irish competitive swimmer. She is a two-time Olympian and won the bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2024 Summer Olympics. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} McSharry is also a World Championships (25m) and European Short Course Championships bronze medalist, a junior world champion and a two-time junior European champion.

McSharry is the holder of multiple national senior records, including 50 m, 100 m and 200 m breaststroke in both long course and short course, and 100 m individual medley in short course. ^[5]

Career

McSharry won her first international medals when she placed second in the 100 m breaststroke and third in the 50 m breaststroke at the 2016 European Junior Championships. In 2017, she won the 50 m breaststroke and 100 m breaststroke events, and placed second in the 200 breaststroke at the European Junior Championships in Netanya. In August of that year, she won the 100 m breaststroke event and finished third in the 50 m breaststroke at the World Junior Championships in Indianapolis. ^[6]

McSharry won the bronze medal in the 50 m breaststroke at the 2019 European Short Course Championships in Glasgow. ^[7] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, finishing eight in the 100 metre breaststroke event, and won the bronze medal in the 100 m breastroke at the 2021 World Championships (25 m). ^{[8] [9]} On 29 July 2024, McSharry won the bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. ^{[10] [4]}

Olympic Results

Year	100m Breast	200m Breast	4 × 100m medley relay
2021	8th	—	—
2024		11th	11th (h)

World Championships Results

Year	50m Breast	100m Breast	200m Breast	4x100m Free Relay	4x100m medley relay
2017	—	24th	—	—	—
2021 (25m)	4th		7th	—	—
2023	11th	5th	15th	15th	13th
2024	8th	5th	5th	—	—
2025		11th

Personal life

McSharry grew up in Grange, County Sligo. ^[11] In 2019, McSharry and her family competed in the seventh series of the popular RTÉ reality competition, Ireland's Fittest Family . ^[12] They won the competition under the guidance of mentor, former rugby player, Donncha O'Callaghan. ^[13]

Records

Record	Event	Time	Meet	Date	Club
NR	50m breaststroke	30.29	Irish Championships	3 April 2023	Marlins
NR	100m breaststroke	1:05.51	Olympics Games	28 July 2024	Ireland
NR	200m breaststroke	2:22.49	Mel Zajac Jr. International Meet	22 June 2024	Unattached Tennessee Aquatics
NR	4×100m freestyle relay	3:41.75	World Championships	23 July 2023	Ireland
NR	4×100m medley relay	4:00.12	Olympics Games	3 August 2024
NR	50m breaststroke (SC)	29.59	World Championships	17 December 2021
NR	100m breaststroke (SC)	1:03.92	World Championships	20 December 2021
NR	200m breaststroke (SC)	2:20.19	World Championships	21 December 2021
NR	100m individual medley (SC)	59.35	World Championships	18 December 2021
NR	4×100m freestyle relay (SC)	3:41.09	Irish Championships	12 December 2019	Larne
NR	4×200m freestyle relay (SC)	8:07.86		13 December 2019	Kilkenny
NR	4×50m medley relay (SC)	1:49.31	European Championships	8 December 2019	Ireland
NR	4×50m freestyle relay (SC)	1:31.86		7 December 2019
NR	4×50m medley relay (SC)	1:41.00		5 December 2019

References

1. "Nine Swimmers Join Team Ireland for Tokyo 2020". SwimIreland. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
2. Watterson, Johnny; O'Riordan, Ian; Branigan, David (26 July 2021). "Tokyo 2020 Day 3: Blow for Annalise Murphy's medal hopes while McSharry reaches final". The Irish Times . Retrieved 27 July 2021.
3. Watterson, Johnny (26 July 2021). "Tokyo 2020: Mona McSharry's achievement a paradigm shift for Irish swimming". The Irish Times . Retrieved 27 July 2021.
4. "McSharry wins Ireland's first medal at Paris Olympics". BBC Sport. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
5. "Records". SwimIreland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
6. Baldwin, Alan (31 July 2024). "Swimming-Irish success has been years in the making, says McSharry". Reuters .
7. Kenny, John (4 December 2019). "Bronze for Mona McSharry at the Europeans". RTÉ . Retrieved 27 August 2024.
8. "Mona McSharry runs out of steam and misses out on Olympic 200m breaststroke final". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
9. O'Riordan, Ian (20 December 2021). "Mona McSharry claims a bronze medal at World Short Course Championships". The Irish Times. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
10. "Paris 2024: Joy for Mona McSharry in taking 100m breaststroke bronze". RTE Sport. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
11. Gallagher, Emma (1 May 2021). "Mona is the pride of Sligo". Sligo Champion . Sligo. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
12. "Ireland's Fittest Family: Meet the Families for 2019". RTÉ.ie . 29 October 2019.
13. "Sligo family named the winners of Ireland's Fittest Family 2019". RTÉ.ie . 15 December 2019.

External links

• Mona McSharry at World Aquatics
• Mona McSharry at SwimRankings.net
• Mona McSharry at Olympics.com
• Mona McSharry at the Olympic Federation of Ireland
• Mona McSharry at Olympedia