Toni Shaw

Toni Stephanie Shaw (born 5 August 2003) 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 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. From 2019 Shaw started using a carbon fibre prosthetic for her arm that with the use of different attachments enabled her to undertake upper-body exercises such as press-ups and weight training that benefit swimmers but had previously not been possible for her.

Shaw was born on 5 August 2003 At the age of 14, she held 14 Scottish national swimming records in the S9 and S10 classifications and was selected to compete for Team Scotland at the 2018 Commonwealth Games where she finished 5th in both the Women's S9 100m Backstroke and Women's 100-metre freestyle S9; 6th in the Women's 200-metre individual medley SM10, and seventh in the Women's 100-metre breaststroke SB9. at the age of 15, and won six medals at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships, including gold medals in the medley relay and the freestyle relay. The medley relay team, comprising Alice Tai, Brock Whiston, Shaw and Stephanie Millward beat the second-placed United States team by 22 seconds and set a new world record of 4.36.31. Shaw currently Swims for University of Stirling while doing an undergraduate degree in Business.

In June 2022, Shaw won Bronze in the Women's 100m Butterfly S9 at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships in Funchal, Madeira, qualifying first her heat for the final. She also came 5th in the SM9 200m Individual Medley.

Record in major competitions

2018 Commonwealth Games 5th – Women's S9 100m Backstroke 5th – Women's 100-metre freestyle S9 6th – Women's 200-metre individual medley SM10 7th – Women's 100-metre breaststroke SB9

2018 World Para Swimming European Championships 1st –Women's 400 metres freestyle 1st – Women's 4 x 100 metres medley relay 2nd – Women's 200 metres individual medley 2nd – Women's 100 metres butterfly 3rd – Women's 100 metres backstroke

2019 World Para Swimming Championships 5th – Women's S9 50m Freestyle 3rd – Women's S9 100m Freestyle 2nd – Women's S9 400m Freestyle 2nd – Women's S9 100m Butterfly 3rd – Women's S9 200m Individual Medley 1st – Women's 34pt Medley Relay 1st – Women's 34pt Freestyle Relay 2022 World Para Swimming Championships

4th – Women's S9 100m Freestyle 4th – Women's S9 200m Individual Medley 3rd – Women's S9 100m Butterfly 1st – Women's S9 400m Freestyle 2022 Commonwealth Games

3rd-Women's S9 100m Freestyle