Lauren Steadman

Lauren Steadman
Steadman in 2016
Personal information
Nationality British
Born (1992-12-18) 18 December 1992
Peterborough, England
Sport
Sport swimming / Paratriathlon
Club Portsmouth Northsea
Portsmouth Athletics Club
Medal record
Swimming
Representing  Great Britain
IPC World Championships (SC)
2009 Rio de Janeiro4 × 100 m freestyle relay 34pts
IPC European Championships
2011 Berlin 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 34pts
2009 Reykjavik 400 m freestyle SB9
Paratriathlon
Summer Paralympics
2016 Rio de JaneiroWomen's PT4

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 and 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] Steadman was educated at Mount Kelly in Tavistock, Devon,[4] and completed a Master’s degree in Business and Management at the University of Portsmouth.

On 20 August 2018, it was announced that Steadman will be a contestant on series 16 of the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with AJ Pritchard.

Paratriathlon career

In 2013[5] and 2014[6] she won medals at the European Championships Paratriathlon. In 2014, she won the London World Series Paratriathlon,[7] gained a first class degree in Psychology 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]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Kelly: History and Records". mountkelly.com. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Lauren Steadman". britishtriathlon.org. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Lauren Steadman, Triathlon.org, Retrieved 12 September 2016
  4. ↑ "The Old Mount Kelleian". (Subscription required (help)).
  5. ↑ Germany, Great Britain dominate Para-Triathlon Euros, 17 June 2013, Paralympic.org, Retrieved 12 September 2016
  6. ↑ "2014 Para-triathlon European Championships Review". paralympic.org. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "Paratriathlon: Lauren Steadman beats Faye McClelland in London". BBC Sport. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
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