Keira Stephens

Keira Stephens

OAM

Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	(2003-03-17) 17 March 2003 England
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Classifications	S10
Club	Southport Olympic SC
Coach	Glenn Baker
Medal record Representing Australia Women's Swimming Paralympic Games Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 100 m breastroke SB9 Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m medley 34pts Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Mixed 4×100 m medley relay 34pts World Championships Gold medal – first place 2022 Madeira Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay 34 pts Silver medal – second place 2022 Madeira 100 m breaststroke SB9 Bronze medal – third place 2023 Manchester 100 m breaststroke SB9 Commonwealth Games Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham 200 m individual medley SM10

Keira Kristina Stephens OAM (born 17 March 2003) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, she won two bronze medals. At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, she won a gold medal as a heat.

Personal life

Stephens was born on 17 March 2003 in England. She was born missing fingers on her left hand. She comes from Hervey Bay, Queensland and attended Xavier Catholic College.

Swimming career

Stephens started swimming at the Hervey Bay swimming club under coach Paul Jones. She is classified as a S10 swimmer. Her first international competition was the 2018 Pan Pacific Para Swimming Championships, Cairns, where she won the silver medal in the Women's 100m Breaststroke SB9.

At the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships, London, Stephens finished fourth in the Women's 100m Breaststroke SB9, fifth in the Women's 4 × 100 m Medley 34 Points, sixth in the Women's 200m Individual Medley SM10 and eighth in the Women's 50m Freestyle S10.

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, Stephens won a bronze medal in the 34pts Women's 4 × 100 m Medley 34 pts. Her team of Ellie Cole, Emily Beecroft, and Isabella Vincent clocked 4:55.70. She also won a bronze medal in the Women's 100 m breaststroke SB9 .She also swam in two other individual events

At the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships, Madeira, Stephens won two medals - gold in Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay 34 pts and silver in the Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB9.

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Birmingham, England, she won the bronze medal in the Women's 200 m individual medley SM10. At the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships, Manchester, England, Stephens won a bronze medal in the Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB9.

At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, she won the gold medal in the Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay 34 pts as a heat swimmer. Stephens competed in three other events - Women's 50 m freestyle S9 (10th), Women's 100 m breaststroke SB9 (4th) and Women's 200 m individual medley SM10 (7th).

Stephens is coached by Glen Baker at Southport on the Gold Coast .

Recognition

• 2025 - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Paris Paralympic Games 2024.

External links

• Keira Stephens at Swimming Australia (archive)
• Keira Stephens at Paralympics Australia
• Keira Stephens at Commonwealth Games Australia
• Keira Stephens at the International Paralympic Committee
• Keira Stephens at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics
• Keira Stephens at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Keira Stephens on Instagram