Kate Shortman
 Shortman in 2024 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Kate Elizabeth Shortman |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 19 November 2001 Bristol, England |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Synchronised swimming |
Medal record | |
Kate Elizabeth Shortman (born 19 November 2001)[1] is a British synchronised swimmer, the most successful in her nation's history. With partner Isabelle Thorpe, she won a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the duet, the first medal won by Great Britain in the sport.
Shortman competed in the women's duet event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[2] She has also represented Great Britain at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. In 2023 at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, she won a first world medal in the solo free routine, after winning a duet bronze with Thorpe at the 2023 European Games. The following year saw consistent silver medal success for Shortman and Thorpe in European, World and finally Olympic duet.
Progression
[edit | edit source]At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships, she finished in 10th place in the solo technical routine and in 11th place in the solo free routine.[3][4] Shortman and Isabelle Thorpe competed in the duet technical routine and duet free routine and they finished in 14th place in the preliminary round in both events.[5][6]
In 2021, she competed in the solo free routine, the duet free routine and duet technical routine events at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.
She finished in 7th place in the solo technical routine at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. Shortman and Isabelle Thorpe finished in 9th place in the duet technical routine.
At the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Thorpe and Shortman won the silver medal in the Duet technical routine competition, becoming the first Britons to do so.[7] The pair followed this up with bronze in the Duet free routine competition.[8] This ensured the duo's qualification for the 2024 Paris Olympics[9] where they won a silver medal.[10][11][12] This was the first ever medal for Great Britain in artistic swimming at the Olympics.[10]
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Shortman was born in Bristol. She attended Redland High School and Redmaids' High School before attending Clifton High School along with Isabelle Thorpe.[13][14] Shortman earned a Bill Whiteley Scholarship to study International Management and French at the University of Bath.[15]
Shortman and Thorpe train at the City of Bristol Swimming Club.[16]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Kate Shortman at British Swimming
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- Living people
- 2001 births
- 21st-century British sportswomen
- Alumni of the University of Bath
- Artistic swimmers at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
- Artistic swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Artistic swimmers at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships
- Artistic swimmers at the 2023 European Games
- Medalists at the 2023 European Games
- Artistic swimmers at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
- British synchronised swimmers
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming
- European Games bronze medalists for Great Britain
- European Games medalists in synchronised swimming
- Olympic synchronised swimmers for Great Britain
- People educated at Clifton High School, Bristol
- Sportspeople from Bristol
- Synchronized swimmers at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in synchronized swimming
- Artistic swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- English synchronised swimmers
- 21st-century English sportswomen