Katie Shanahan

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

Katie Shanahan

Personal information

Nationality

British (Scottish)

Born

25 June 2004 (age 19)

Sport

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

Career edit

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]

^ "Meet the Bishopbriggs swimmer who has won gold at the European Junior Championships". Glasgow Times. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
^ "Shanahan and Mildred lead the way in Rome". British Swimming. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
^ "15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m): Women's 400m Individual Medley" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
^ "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 400m Individual Medley Final Results". Longines. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
^ "Commonwealth Games: Scotland's Katie Shanahan claims 400m medley bronze". BBC Sport. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
^ "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 200m Backstroke Final Results". Longines. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
^ "Scottish swimmers win three more medals in the pool". Scottish Swimming. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
^ "British Swimming Championships 2023". British Swimming. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
^ "Speedo Aquatics GB Swimming Championships 2024". Swimming.org. Retrieved 9 April 2024.

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