Maisie Summers-Newton

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Maisie Summers-Newton
MBE , PLY
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (2002-07-26) 26 July 2002 (age 21)
Northamptonshire, England
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
Sport Para swimming
Disability Achondroplasia
Disability class S6
Event(s) freestyle, individual medley, breaststroke
ClubNorthampton Swimming Club
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Women's Swimming
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo 200 m medley SM6
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2020 Tokyo 100 m breaststroke SB6
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 London 200 m medley SM6
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Madeira 200 m medley SM6
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Madeira 400 m freestyle S6
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Madeira 100 m breaststroke SB6
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Manchester 200 m medley SM6
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Manchester 100 m breaststroke SB6
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2019 London 100 m breaststroke SB6
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 Manchester 400 m freestyle S6
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2019 London 100 m freestyle S6
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Dublin 200 m medley SM6
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 Dublin 100 m breaststroke SB6
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Dublin 4×100 m medley 34pts
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Dublin 400 m freestyle S6
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham 100 m breaststroke SB6

Maisie Summers-Newton MBE , PLY (born 26 July 2002) is a British Paralympic swimmer, competing in S6 disability events. [1] In August 2018, she took gold in the IPC Swimming European Championships SM6 200m individual medley and set a new world record at 2:59.60. [2] [3] She also holds the S6 100m Breaststroke world record in 1:32.16 which she achieved in May 2018 at the British Para-Swimming International Meet. [1] She won two gold medals for Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

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Career

Summers-Newton took gold at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London, England. She created a new world record for the SM6 200m Individual Medley when she beat Yelyzaveta Mereshko from Ukraine. [4] The record had been set earlier that year by Summers-Newton in Glasgow. [5]

In April 2021, at Sheffield's Ponds Forge sports centre, Summers-Newton came second in points in the freestyle swimming to Grace Harvey and beat Ellie Simmonds by 4.2 seconds. [6] In July, she was named as part of the Great Britain team to compete at the postponed 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. [7] In 2021 Summers-Newton also set a European record for the 100m breaststroke SB6 with a time of 1:32.34. [8]

At the Paralympics, she won gold in the 200m individual medley, setting a new world record of 2:56.68 in the process. She also won gold in the 100m breaststroke and fourth in the 400m freestyle. [8] [9]

Summers-Newton competed at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships in Funchal, Portugal, where she won two gold medals. One in the 200m individual medley and another in the 400m freestyle. [10] [11] At the Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 49pts, she came 6th with Alice Tai, James Hollis and Oliver Carter. [12] During the 100m breaststroke SB6 heats, Summers-Newton broke her own European record with a time of 1:32.16, and in the finals she got her third gold. [13] [14] [15]

She won gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games for Team England during the 100m breaststroke, with a time of 1:32.72 - 10.57 seconds ahead of second place. [16]

At the British Para-Swimming Winter National Meet 2022 at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Summers-Newton set four new world records. They were set in the 100m freestyle (S6), 200m individual medley (SM6) and 100m breaststroke (SB6) and the 400m freestyle (S6) events. [17]

At the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships at the Manchester Aquatics Centre, she won two gold medals and a silver medal. On 2 August she won gold in the 200m medley, [18] a silver on 3 August in the 400m freestyle, [19] and gold on 5 August in the 100m breaststroke, where she set a European record of 1:31.34. [20]

Honours and awards

She was nominated for the 2018 BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year, joining a shortlist of 10 other British athletes. [21] [22]

Her accounts on Instagram and Twitter are verified. [23]

In 2021, she appeared in The Beano's special BeONE edition, along with other sporting heroes like Emma Raducanu and Matty Lee. [24]

Summers-Newton was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to swimming. [25] [26] She received her MBE from Anne, Princess Royal at Buckingham Palace on 12 October 2022. [27]

Just before the start of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in July, she met Charles III (Prince Charles at the time) with Courtney Tulloch as the then prince toured the Athletes' Village. [28]

On 17 November 2022, Summers-Newton won the Citi Disability Sportswoman of the Year award. [29]

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  11. ↑ "GOLD FOR GREAT BRITAIN 🇬🇧🎉". Twitter. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
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  14. ↑ "A record breaking pair! ⏱️🔥". Twitter. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
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