Lauren Steadman
.jpg) Steadman in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 December 1992 Peterborough, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | swimming / Paratriathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Portsmouth Northsea Portsmouth Athletics Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lauren Steadman (born 18 December 1992) is a British Paralympic athlete who has competed in three Summer Paralympics, in both swimming and the paratriathlon. She competed at both the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing and the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London as a swimmer, before switching to the paratriathlon for the 2016 Games in Rio where she won a silver medal in the Women's PT4.[1][2]
Life career
Steadman was born without a complete right arm in Peterborough in 1992.[3] She has won medals in 2009 and in 2011 at the IPC European Championships. Her uncle was a triathlete and he suggested she try it.[3]
Paratriathlon career
In 2013[4] and 2014[5] she won medals at the European Championships Paratriathlon. In 2014 she won the London World Series Paratriathlon,[6] gained a first class degree in Psychology[7] and became the World Champion Paratriathlete in Edmonton, Canada.
Paratriathlon became an Olympic sport at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. Steadman took the Silver medal behind Grace Norman of the USA.[3]
References
- ^ "Mount Kelly: History and Records". mountkelly.com. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Lauren Steadman". britishtriathlon.org. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ a b c Lauren Steadman, Triathlon.org, Retrieved 12 September 2016
- ^ Germany, Great Britain dominate Para-Triathlon Euros, 17 June 2013, Paralympic.org, Retrieved 12 September 2016
- ^ http://www.paralympic.org/news/2014-para-triathlon-european-championships-review
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/27647872
- ^ http://www.lauren-steadman.com/
External links
See also
- Paralympic swimmers of Great Britain
- People educated at Kelly College
- People from Huntingdon
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Peterborough
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- S9-classified Paralympic swimmers
- British female triathletes
- Paratriathletes of Great Britain
- Paratriathletes at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain