Mona McSharry (born 21 August 2000) is an Irish competitive swimmer. She is a two-time Olympian and won the bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1][2][3][4] McSharry is also a World Championships (25m) and European Short Course Championships bronze medalist, a junior world champion and a two-time junior European champion.
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| Full name | Mona McSharry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Irish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 August 2000 Grange, County Sligo, Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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McSharry is the holder of multiple national senior records, including 50 m, 100 m and 200 m breaststroke in both long course and short course, and 100 m individual medley in short course.[5]
Career
editMcSharry won her first international medals when she placed second in the 100 m breaststroke and third in the 50 m breaststroke at the 2016 European Junior Championships. In 2017, she won the 50 m breaststroke and 100 m breaststroke events, and placed second in the 200 breaststroke at the European Junior Championships in Netanya. In August of that year, she won the 100 m breaststroke event and finished third in the 50 m breaststroke at the World Junior Championships in Indianapolis.[6]
McSharry won the bronze medal in the 50 m breaststroke at the 2019 European Short Course Championships in Glasgow.[7] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, finishing eight in the 100 metre breaststroke event, and won the bronze medal in the 100 m breastroke at the 2021 World Championships (25 m).[8][9] On 29 July 2024, McSharry won the bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[10][4]
| Year | 100m | 200m | 4 × 100m
medley relay |
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| 2021 | 8th | — | — |
| 2024 | 11th | 11th (h) |
Personal life
editMcSharry grew up in Grange, County Sligo.[11] In 2019, McSharry and her family competed in the seventh series of the popular RTÉ reality competition, Ireland's Fittest Family.[12] They won the competition under the guidance of mentor, former rugby player, Donncha O'Callaghan.[13]
Records
edit| Record | Event | Time | Meet | Date | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NR | 50m breaststroke | 30.29 | Irish Championships | 3 April 2023 | Marlins |
| NR | 100m breaststroke | 1:05.51 | Olympics Games | 28 July 2024 | Ireland |
| NR | 200m breaststroke | 2:22.49 | Mel Zajac Jr. International Meet | 22 June 2024 | Unattached Tennessee Aquatics |
| NR | 4×100m freestyle relay | 3:41.75 | World Championships | 23 July 2023 | Ireland |
| NR | 4×100m medley relay | 4:00.12 | Olympics Games | 3 August 2024 | |
| NR | 50m breaststroke (SC) | 29.59 | World Championships | 17 December 2021 | |
| NR | 100m breaststroke (SC) | 1:03.92 | World Championships | 20 December 2021 | |
| NR | 200m breaststroke (SC) | 2:20.19 | World Championships | 21 December 2021 | |
| NR | 100m individual medley (SC) | 59.35 | World Championships | 18 December 2021 | |
| NR | 4×100m freestyle relay (SC) | 3:41.09 | Irish Championships | 12 December 2019 | Larne |
| NR | 4×200m freestyle relay (SC) | 8:07.86 | 13 December 2019 | Kilkenny | |
| NR | 4×50m medley relay (SC) | 1:49.31 | European Championships | 8 December 2019 | Ireland |
| NR | 4×50m freestyle relay (SC) | 1:31.86 | 7 December 2019 | ||
| NR | 4×50m medley relay (SC) | 1:41.00 | 5 December 2019 |
References
edit- ^ "Nine Swimmers Join Team Ireland for Tokyo 2020". SwimIreland. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ Watterson, Johnny; O'Riordan, Ian; Branigan, David (26 July 2021). "Tokyo 2020 Day 3: Blow for Annalise Murphy's medal hopes while McSharry reaches final". The Irish Times. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ Watterson, Johnny (26 July 2021). "Tokyo 2020: Mona McSharry's achievement a paradigm shift for Irish swimming". The Irish Times. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ a b "McSharry wins Ireland's first medal at Paris Olympics". BBC Sport. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Records". SwimIreland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ Baldwin, Alan (31 July 2024). "Swimming-Irish success has been years in the making, says McSharry". Reuters.
- ^ Kenny, John (4 December 2019). "Bronze for Mona McSharry at the Europeans". RTÉ. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "Mona McSharry runs out of steam and misses out on Olympic 200m breaststroke final". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ O'Riordan, Ian (20 December 2021). "Mona McSharry claims a bronze medal at World Short Course Championships". The Irish Times. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "Paris 2024: Joy for Mona McSharry in taking 100m breaststroke bronze". RTE Sport. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ Gallagher, Emma (1 May 2021). "Mona is the pride of Sligo". Sligo Champion. Sligo. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ^ "Ireland's Fittest Family: Meet the Families for 2019". RTÉ.ie. 29 October 2019.
- ^ "Sligo family named the winners of Ireland's Fittest Family 2019". RTÉ.ie. 15 December 2019.
External links
edit- Mona McSharry at World Aquatics
- Mona McSharry at SwimRankings.net
- Mona McSharry at Olympics.com
- Mona McSharry at Olympedia