Maisie Summers-Newton

Maisie Summers-Newton (born 26 July 2002)[1] is a British Paralympic swimmer, competing in S6 disability events. 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 1:33.92, which she achieved in May 2018 at the British Para-Swimming International Meet.[1]

She was nominated for the 2018 BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year, joining a shortlist of 10 other British athletes.[4][5]

References
  1. "Tai and Summers-Newton smash World records". British Swimming. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  2. "World Para-swimming European Championships: Maisie Summers-Newton beats Ellie Simmonds for world record". BBC Sport. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  3. "SUMMERS-NEWTON Maisie". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  4. "BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year 2018: Top 10 revealed". BBC Sport. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  5. "BBC Young Sports Personality 2018: Kare Adenegan wins award". BBC Sport. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
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