Toni Shaw

Toni Shaw (born 5 August 2003) is a British Paralympic swimmer. In 2019 she set the world record time for the S9 200m butterfly, and was also part of the team that set a new world record for the 4x100m medley relay.

Toni Shaw
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born (2003-08-05) 5 August 2003
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesbackstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, freestyle

Personal life and career

Shaw was born on 5 August 2003[1] and took swimming lessons from the age of eight.[2] At the age of 14, she held 14 Scottish national swimming records in the S9 and S10 classifications[3] and was selected to compete for Team Scotland at the 2018 Commonwealth Games[4] where she finished 5th in both the Women's S9 100m Backstroke[5] and Women's 100-metre freestyle S9; 6th in the Women's 200-metre individual medley SM10, and seventh in the Women's 100-metre breaststroke SB9.[1]

She set a new world record time of 2.30.46 in the S9 200m butterfly at the Para-swimming World Series in Berlin in 2019[6] at the age of 15,[7] and won six medals at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships,[1] including gold medals in the 4x100m medley relay.[8] and 4x100m freestyle relay.[9] The 4x100m medley relay team, comprising Alice Tai, Brock Whiston, Shaw and Stephanie Millward beat the second-placed United States team by 22 seconds and set a new world record of 4.36.31.[8]

Shaw is coached by the Aberdeen University performance swimming coach Gregor McMillan[2] and trains at Aberdeen Sports Village Aquatics Centre.[3] She was one of ten nominees for BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year in 2019.[10]

Her right arm never fully formed[11] and Shaw was born without her right hand.[12] From 2019 she started using a carbon fibre prosthetic for her arm that with the use of different attachments enabled her to undertake upper-body exercises such as press-ups and weight training that benefit swimmers but had previously not been possible for her.[13]

Record in major competitions

2018 Commonwealth Games[1]

2018 World Para Swimming European Championships

2019 World Para Swimming Championships[1]

  • 5th – S9 50m Freestyle
  • 3rd S9 100m Freestyle
  • 2nd S9 400m Freestyle
  • 2nd S9 100m Butterfly
  • 3rd S9 200m Individual Medley
  • 1st 34pt 4x100m Medley Relay
  • 1st 34pt 4x100m Freestyle Relay

References
  1. "Toni Shaw". britishswimming.org. British Swimming. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  2. Cryle, Ryan (26 December 2019). "Shaw's best year yet as Aberdeen swimmer looks for Tokyo Paralympics medals". Evening Express. Aberdeen. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  3. Cryle, Ryan (18 January 2018). "Commonwealth Games will make up for my world champs disappointment, says city's young swimmer Toni, 14". Evening Express. Aberdeen. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  4. "Gold Coast 2018: 14-year-old Toni Shaw selected by Team Scotland". BBC Sport. 17 January 2018. Archived from the original on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  5. "Results – Women's S9 100m Backstroke Final". gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  6. "Para-swimming World Series: Alice Tai twice breaks S8 50m butterfly world record". BBC Sport. 9 June 2019. Archived from the original on 13 June 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  7. Cryle, Ryan (19 July 2019). "Aberdeen's Sports Awards 2019: Swimmer Toni delighted to be nominated for another major prize". Evening Express. Aberdeen. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  8. Hudson, Elizabeth (13 September 2019). "Alice Tai: Briton wins sixth gold as schedule taking toll at World Para-swimming Championships". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  9. Hudson, Elizabeth (15 September 2019). "Para-swimming World Championships: GB end Para-swimming Worlds with 19 golds". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  10. "Young Sports Personality of the Year 2019: Who are the nominees?". bbc.co.uk. BBC. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  11. "Year of Young People 2018: Toni Shaw". scottishswimming.com. Scottish Swimming. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  12. "Reach Member Stories". reach.org.uk. Reach Charity Ltd. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  13. "Making waves: Toni Shaw eyes Tokyo 2020 thanks to state-of-the-art prosthetic". sportfirst.sportscotland.org.uk. Sport Scotland. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
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