SHAW Toni

Date of Birth: 5 Aug 2003

Age: 18

Gender: Female

Sport Class: S9

Place of residence : ABERDEEN

Residence Country:

Great Britain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 100m Freestyle - S9	4
	Women's 400m Freestyle - S9	3
	Women's 100m Butterfly - S9	4
	Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Pts GBR Great Britain	DSQ
	Women's 4x100m Medley Relay - 34 Points GBR Great Britain	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 400m Freestyle - S9 Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 400m Freestyle - S9 Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Points Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Freestyle - S9 Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Freestyle - S9 Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Butterfly - S9 Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Butterfly - S9 Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4x100m Medley Relay - 34 Points Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
1	4x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Points	2019	London, GBR	4:23.86
1	4x100m Medley Relay - 34 Points	2019	London, GBR	4:36.31
2	400m Freestyle - S9	2019	London, GBR	4:43.20
2	100m Butterfly - S9	2019	London, GBR	1:07.83
3	100m Freestyle - S9	2019	London, GBR	1:03.00
3	200m Individual Medley - SM9	2019	London, GBR	2:36.93
5	50m Freestyle - S9	2019	London, GBR	30.19
Commonwealth Games
5	100m Freestyle - S9	2018	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS	1:04.19
5	100m Backstroke - S9	2018	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS	1:16.79
6	200m Individual Medley - SM10	2018	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS	2:38.38
7	100m Breaststroke - SB9	2018	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS	1:27.99
European Championships
1	400m Freestyle - S9	2018	Dublin, IRL	4:42.43
1	4x100m Medley Relay - 34 Points	2018	Dublin, IRL	4:53.62
2	100m Butterfly - S9	2018	Dublin, IRL	1:09.18
2	200m Individual Medley - SM9	2018	Dublin, IRL	2:36.80
3	100m Freestyle - S9	2018	Dublin, IRL	1:04.27
3	100m Backstroke - S9	2018	Dublin, IRL	1:15.38
5	50m Freestyle - S9	2018	Dublin, IRL	31.00

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

University of Aberdeen Performance Swim Team [Great Britain]

Gregor McMillan [club]

She began swimming lessons at age eight in Aberdeen, Scotland. Her first club was the Cults Otters Amateur Swimming Club in Aberdeen. (eveningexpress.co.uk, 26 Dec 2019, 14 Nov 2018; reach.org.uk, 24 Mar 2020)

"I realised I wanted to do [swimming] competitively when I found out just how much I did enjoy it." (britishswimming.org, 12 Aug 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (eveningexpress.co.uk, 03 Jan 2019)

Winning gold in a world-record time in the 4x100m freestyle relay 34 points at the 2019 World Championships in London, England. (scottishswimming.com, 25 Oct 2020)

British Para swimmer Ellie Simmonds, British swimmer Hannah Miley. (britishswimming.org, 12 Aug 2019; scottishswimming.com, 25 Oct 2020)

Philosophy:

"Anything is possible." (reach.org.uk, 24 Mar 2020)

She was named Young Sportswoman of the Year for 2020 at the Scottish Women in Sport Awards. (britishswimming.org, 01 Dec 2020)

She received the Disability Swimmer of the Year award at the 2019 Scottish Swimming Awards. (swimswam.com, 29 Sep 2019)

She received the Disability Sport Award at the 2018 Scottish Sports Awards ceremony in Glasgow, Scotland. (dailyrecord.co.uk, 11 Dec 2018)

She was named the 2018 Para Swimming Emerging Athlete of the Year by British Swimming. (swimswam.com, 17 Nov 2018)

In 2017 and 2018 she was named Sports Achiever of the Year in the junior impaired category at the Aberdeen Sports Awards in Scotland. (abdn.ac.uk, 05 Oct 2018; sportaberdeen.co.uk, 01 Nov 2017)

In 2016 she received the Best Female Athlete with a Disability award from the Aberdeen Sports Council in Scotland. (sportaberdeen.co.uk, 03 Jun 2016)

General Interest

Classification
S9, SB9, SM9 (IPC, 24 Feb 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (scottishswimming.com, 30 Jun 2018)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (scottishswimming.com, 30 Jun 2018)

Impairment Details
She was born without her right hand. (scottishswimming.com, 30 Jun 2018)

General
AMBASSADOR
In 2018 she became an ambassador for the Learn to Swim programme, a scheme that promotes swimming among young people in Scotland. She began swimming with the programme in Aberdeen, Scotland. "I got asked if I would like to do the role, and I was really honoured. I think it's important to show other people with a disability it doesn't matter. You can learn to swim and don't need to go into private lessons. They can go into the normal Learn to Swim programme. Swimming has been a huge part of my life. It's given me more confidence and so many experiences to travel and meet new people." (eveningexpress.co.uk, 14 Nov 2018; scottishwater.co.uk, 31 Aug 2020)

Milestones

At age 14 years and 244 days she was the youngest member of Team Scotland at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. (bbc.com, 17 Jan 2018; SportsDeskOnline, 31 Mar 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
DSQ:: Disqualified

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