SHACKLETON Megan

Date of Birth: 21 Mar 1999

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Sport Class: 4

Place of birth: HALIFAX

Birth Country:

Great Britain

Place of residence : SHEFFIELD

Residence Country:

Great Britain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Women's Team - Classes 4-5 GBR Great Britain	3
	Women's Singles - Class 4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 8	Women's Singles - Class 4 Group A #6 GBR SHACKLETON MSHACKLETON Megan Sport Class: 4 0 CHN ZHOU YZHOU Ying Sport Class: 4 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 5	Women's Singles - Class 4 Group A #11 GBR SHACKLETON MSHACKLETON Megan Sport Class: 4 1 IND PATEL BHPATEL Bhavinaben Hasmukhbhai Sport Class: 4 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 6	Women's Team - Classes 4-5 Quarterfinal 2 #2 JOR Jordan 1 GBR Great Britain 2	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 6	Women's Team - Classes 4-5 Semifinal 1 #5 CHN China 2 GBR Great Britain 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
3	Team - Class 4-5	2017	Bratislava, SVK
5	Singles - Class 4	2018	Lasko, SLO
European Championships
3	Team - Class 4-5	2019	Helsingborg, SWE
5	Singles - Classes 4-5	2019	Helsingborg, SWE
5	Team - Class 4-5	2017	Lasko, SLO
5	Singles - Classes 4-5	2017	Lasko, SLO

Meg, Megs (Instagram profile, 22 Mar 2021; Facebook profile, 02 Mar 2021)

Occupation:

English Literature - University of Sheffield, Great Britain

Languages spoken:

Other sports:

She has won medals in Para swimming at national level. (lancashiretelegraph.co.uk, 18 Jun 2014; foraricherlife.com, 21 May 2017)

She took up the sport at age 12 in England. (lancashiretelegraph.co.uk, 18 Jun 2014)

"I had swum competitively from the age of five and played tennis. So I've always enjoyed sport. I first started playing table tennis at the age of 12 after I attended a Playground to Podium event in Leeds [England], where I met coach Shaun Alvey. He persuaded me to come along to his club Albert Premier TTC regularly, and I soon fell in love with the sport." (sportsaid.org.uk, 08 Apr 2015; lancashiretelegraph.co.uk, 18 Jun 2014)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (foraricherlife.com, 21 May 2017)

British Para table tennis player Will Bayley, British swimmer Rebecca Adlington. (sportsaid.org.uk, 08 Apr 2015)

Philosophy:

"I am very determined and have desire to succeed no matter how much work it takes." (sportsaid.org.uk, 08 Apr 2015)

General Interest

Classification
TT4 (ipttc.org, 01 Apr 2020)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (lancashiretelegraph.co.uk, 18 Jun 2014; Martin Perry YouTube channel, 13 Jul 2020)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (lancashiretelegraph.co.uk, 18 Jun 2014; Martin Perry YouTube channel, 13 Jul 2020)

Impairment Details
Her impairment is the result of an accident at age nine, when she was crushed by the arm of a digger and sustained spinal cord injuries. (lancashiretelegraph.co.uk, 18 Jun 2014; Martin Perry YouTube channel, 13 Jul 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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