Mona McSharry
_2018.jpg) Mona McSharry in 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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Mona McSharry (born 21 August 2000) is an Irish swimmer. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2021[1][2][3]
McSharry grew up in Grange, County Sligo.[4] She is the holder of multiple national senior records (50 m, 100 m and 200 m breaststroke and 50 m butterfly in long course, 50 m and 100 m breaststroke and 100 m individual medley in short course as well as mixed relay records in 4x50m FTR National Team and 4x50m MTR National Team both over short course).[5] In August 2017, she earned the women's swimming title of 100 m breaststroke junior world champion during the World Junior Championships, in Indianapolis. She has also competed in senior competitions, including the 2017 World Aquatics Championships,[6][7]
Media career[edit]
In 2019, McSharry and her family competed in the seventh series of the popular RTÉ reality competition, Ireland's Fittest Family.[8] They won the competition under the guidance of mentor, former rugby player, Donncha O'Callaghan.[9]
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.
- ^ Gallagher, Emma (1 May 2021). "Mona is the pride of Sligo". Sligo Champion. Sligo. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ^ "Records". SwimIreland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "Heats results". FINA. Archived from the original on 26 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ^ "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ^ "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
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Irish female breaststroke swimmers
- European Games competitors for Ireland
- Swimmers at the 2015 European Games
- Swimmers at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers for Ireland
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- 21st-century Irish women
- Sportspeople from County Sligo
- People from Grange, County Sligo