Medi Harris

Last updated

Medi Harris
Personal information
Full nameMedi Eira Harris
NationalityBritish
Welsh
Born (2002-09-15) 15 September 2002 (age 21)
Porthmadog, Gwynedd, Wales
Sport
CountryGreat Britain/Wales
Sport Swimming
Event Backstroke
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Doha 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2024 Doha 4×100 m mixed medley
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Rome 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Rome 100 m backstroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Rome 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 Rome 4×100 m mixed medley
Representing Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham 100 m backstroke

Medi Eira Harris (born 15 September 2002) is a Welsh international swimmer competing for Great Britain and Wales in backstroke and freestyle. She was part of the gold medal-winning women's 4x100 freestyle relay team at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships. Representing Wales at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she won a bronze medal in the women's 100 metre backstroke. [1] [2]

Contents

Biography

Harris won two medals at the 2022 British Swimming Championships: gold in the 100m backstroke , and silver in the 50m backstroke [3] She subsequently represented Great Britain at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships. [4]

She was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where she competed in two events: the women's 50m backstroke and the women's 100m backstroke, winning a bronze medal in the latter. [1] [3]

At the 2022 European Aquatics Championships in Rome, she won a silver medal in the final of the Women's 100 metre backstroke and another as a member of the British team in the Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay. [5] At the same championships, she won gold as a member of the British Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay team, and bronze as a member of the Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay team.

In 2023, she won the gold medal at the 2023 British Swimming Championships in the 100 metres backstroke. It was the second time that she had won the 100 metres title. [6] After finishing third in the 200 metres freestyle at the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, Harris qualified for the relay team for the 2024 Summer Olympics. [7]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sarah Sjöström</span> Swedish swimmer (born 1993)

Sarah Fredrika Sjöström is a Swedish competitive swimmer specialising in the sprint freestyle and butterfly events. Sjöström is one of the most decorated swimmers in the history of swimming.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Emily Seebohm</span> Australian swimmer (born 1992)

Emily Jane Seebohm, OAM is an Australian swimmer and television personality. She has appeared at four Olympic Games between 2008 and 2021; and won three Olympic gold medals, five world championship gold medals and seven Commonwealth Games gold medals.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fran Halsall</span> British swimmer (born 1990)

Francesca Jean Halsall is a retired English competitive swimmer who has represented Great Britain at the Olympics, FINA world championships, and European championships, and England at the Commonwealth Games. She competed primarily in freestyle and butterfly events.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marieke D'Cruz</span> Australian swimmer

Marieke Katherine D'Cruz is an Australian swimmer who is the former world record holder in the 50 metres butterfly short course. She clocked 24.99 seconds

Georgia Beth Davies is a British competition swimmer who has represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games and European championships, and swam for Wales in the Commonwealth Games. She has won gold in the Commonwealth Games and European Championships. She currently represents Energy Standard in the International Swimming League.

Hannah Russell, is a British Paralympic swimmer competing in S12 classification events. In 2012, she became British S12 champion in the 100m backstroke and qualified for the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games where she won a silver in the 400m freestyle and a bronze in the 100m butterfly. In the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games, she won the gold medal in the 100m backstroke with the time of 1:06:06 earning her the World Record.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stephanie Millward</span> British Paralympic swimmer (born 1981)

Stephanie Millward, is a British Paralympic swimmer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Etiene Medeiros</span> Brazilian swimmer (born 1991)

Etiene Pires de Medeiros is a Brazilian competitive swimmer who participates in backstroke and freestyle events. Widely regarded as the best Brazilian woman swimmer of all time, Medeiros was the first Brazilian to win an individual gold medal in a World Championship and Pan American Games, and the first to be a world record-holder in the modern era

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Emma McKeon</span> Australian swimmer (born 1994)

Emma Jennifer McKeon, is an Australian competitive swimmer. She is an eight-time world record holder, three current and five former, in relays. Her total career haul of 11 Olympic medals following the 2020 Olympic Games made her Australia's most decorated Olympian and included one gold medal from the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and four gold medals from the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. With four gold and three bronze medals she was the most decorated athlete across all sports at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and tied for the most medals won by a woman in a single Olympic Games. She has also won 20 medals, including five gold medals, at the World Aquatics Championships; and a record 20 medals, including 14 gold, at the Commonwealth Games.

Calum George Jarvis is a Welsh competitive swimmer who has represented Great Britain in World Championships and the Olympics, and Wales in the Commonwealth Games. Jarvis competes primarily in freestyle and backstroke events. In 2014, he competed at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow as part of the Welsh team, winning the bronze medal in the 200m freestyle.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Louise Hansson</span> Swedish swimmer (born 1996)

Louise Maria Hansson is a Swedish competitive swimmer, a member of Helsingborgs SS.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Evgeny Rylov</span> Russian swimmer (born 1996)

Evgeny Mikhailovich Rylov is a Russian competitive swimmer and Olympic champion specializing in backstroke events. He won three gold medals at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, and a bronze medal at his senior international debut at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan. He also won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and a gold medal at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, both were in the 200 metre backstroke event. In 2018, at the 2018 World Short Course Championships, he won gold medals in the 200 metre backstroke and 50 metre backstroke. At the 2019 World Championships, he won a gold medal in the 200 metre backstroke, silver medal in the 100 metre backstroke, and silver medal in the 50 metre backstroke. He won the gold medal in the 100 metre backstroke and 200 metre backstroke at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Alice Tai, is a British paralympic swimmer. Tai competes in the SB8, SM8 and S8. She has represented Great Britain at European and World Championships and at the Commonwealth and Paralympic Games, gold medals at all levels.

Freya Ann Alexandra Anderson is a British swimmer, known primarily for her achievements as a freestyle sprinter, especially as a relay swimmer for Great Britain. Anderson achieved nine relay gold medals at three editions of the European Championships, including 5 golds in a single meet at the 2020 European Championships in Budapest, as well as two bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games and a bronze at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships. In July 2021, she won gold as part of the British team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay, swimming the freestyle anchor leg in the heat.

Shayna Jack is an Australian swimmer. She competed at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, where she won two silver and two bronze medals in the relay events.

Rebecca Meder is a South African swimmer. She is the African record holder in the 100 metre individual medley and the South African record holder in the long course and short course 200 metre individual medley. At the 2022 World Short Course Championships, she placed sixth in the final of the 100 metre individual medley. In the 200 metre individual medley at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she placed fourth in the final. At the 2021 African Championships, she won 11 gold medals, six in individual events and five in relay events, swimming on the finals relay for each of the five relay events.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Toni Shaw</span> British Paralympic swimmer

Toni Stephanie Shaw 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 4 × 100 m medley relay. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, she won a bronze medal in the women's 400 metre freestyle S9 event and later went on to win gold at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships, becoming the World Champion. She is a three-time World Champion and two-time European Champion.

Madeleine "Maddie" McTernan is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. She represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics where she won a silver medal.

Pieter Coetze is a South African swimmer. He is the African record holder in the long course and short course 100 metre backstroke and short course 50 metre backstroke. At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, he won the gold medal in the 100 metre backstroke, the silver medal in the 50 metre backstroke, and the bronze medal in the 200 metre backstroke. At the 2022 World Junior Championships, he competed in ten events, including winning the gold medal in the 200 metre backstroke, silver medals in the 50 metre backstroke, 100 metre backstroke, and the 4×100 metre medley relay, as well as a bronze medal in the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay.

Lewis Edward Burras is a British competitive swimmer. He is the former British record holder in the long course 100-metre freestyle. He is a 2022 Commonwealth Games silver medalist in the 50-metre freestyle, 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay, and 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay, swimming on the finals relay for both relay events. At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, he won a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay, swimming freestyle on the prelims relay, placed seventh in the 50-metre freestyle and seventh in the 100-metre freestyle. He placed eighth in the final of the 50-metre freestyle and twelfth in the semi-finals of the 100-metre freestyle at the 2022 World Short Course Championships.

References

  1. 1 2 "Official Commonwealth Games profile". Birmingham Organising Committee Commonwealth Games Ltd. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  2. "Medi Harris". Eurosport. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Team Wales profile". Team Wales. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  4. "british Swimming profile". British Swimming. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  5. "Great Britain win first gold..." Eurosport. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  6. "British Swimming Championships 2023". British Swimming. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  7. "Speedo Aquatics GB Swimming Championships 2024". Swimming.org. Retrieved 9 April 2024.