Siobhan-Marie O'Connor

Siobhan-Marie O'Connor (born 29 November 1995) is an English competitive swimmer who has represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games, the FINA World Aquatics Championships and the LEN European Aquatics Championships, and England at the Commonwealth Games. A specialist in the 200 metres individual medley, she is the 2014 Commonwealth Games champion in the event, and has won silver medals in the same event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, 2016 European Aquatics Championships, the 2014 World Short-Course Championships and the 2013 and 2015 European Short Course Championships – on each occasion behind World and Olympic champion Katinka Hosszú. With six Commonwealth Games medals in total from 2014, O'Connor was England's most decorated athlete at those Games.

Siobhan-Marie O'Connor

O'Connor (right) at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships medal ceremony for the 200 m medley
Personal information
Full name	Siobhan-Marie O'Connor
Nickname(s)	SOC
National team	Great Britain
Born	29 November 1995 Bath, England
Height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[1]
Weight	132 lb (60 kg)[1]
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, butterfly, medley, breaststroke
Club	Loughborough National Centre[2]
Coach	Dave Hemmings
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Great Britain Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 0 World Championships (LC) 1 0 1 World Championships (SC) 0 3 0 European Championships(LC) 2 1 1 European Championships 0 3 2 Commonwealth Games 2 4 3 Total 5 12 7 Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m medley World Championships (LC) 2015 Kazan 4×100 m mixed medley 2015 Kazan 200 m medley World Championships (SC) 2014 Doha 100 m medley 2014 Doha 200 m medley 2014 Doha 4×50 m mixed medley European Championships (LC) 2016 London 4×100 m medley 2016 London 4×100 m mixed medley 2016 London 200 m medley 2018 Glasgow 4×100m medley European Championships (SC) 2013 Herning 200 m medley 2015 Netanya 100 m medley 2015 Netanya 200 m medley 2019 Glasgow 200 m medley Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow 200 m medley 2018 Gold Coast 200 m medley 2014 Glasgow 200 m freestyle 2014 Glasgow 100 m butterfly 2014 Glasgow 4×100 m freestyle 2014 Glasgow 4×100 m medley 2014 Glasgow 4×200 m freestyle 2018 Gold Coast 4×100 m freestyle 2018 Gold Coast 4×200 m freestyle

In addition, O'Connor swam the breaststroke leg for Great Britain in the non-Olympic 4 x 100-metre mixed medley relay that won gold at the 2015 FINA World Aquatics Championships in a world record time for the event. she has also won gold medals in 2016 at the European Championships in the same event, and in the women's 4 x 100 metres medley relay.

O'Connor first competed for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 100m breaststroke event.[3] She holds the British records for 200 metres individual medley, the 100 breaststroke and the 4 x 100-metre mixed medley relay.

Personal life

O'Connor attended St. Gregory's Catholic College in Bath. She missed her prom to compete in the qualifying meet for the 2012 London Olympics.[4] In 2015, Siobhan survived a mass shooting during a Team Bath training camp at Northern Arizona University.[5]

O'Connor has ulcerative colitis, a type of inflammatory bowel disease.[6]

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)

References

1. "Siobhan-Marie O'Connor". Athletes' profiles. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
2. "Siobhan-Marie O'Connor". British Swimming. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
3. "Siobhan-Marie O'Connor". teamgb.com. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
4. "Bath schoolgirl who missed the prom for a golden date at Olympics". 28 June 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
5. "How a tragic shooting made Siobhan-Marie O'Connor appreciate life ahead of the Rio Olympics". Retrieved 21 August 2016.
6. "Siobhan-Marie O'Connor: Life in the ISL 'Budapest bio-bubble' and coping with 'invisible illness'". BBC Sport. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.