Laura Stephens
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| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 2 June 1999 London, England |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Butterfly |
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Laura Kathleen Jane Stephens (born 2 June 1999) is a retired[1] British swimmer.[2][3] In 2024 she won the gold medal for the 200 metre butterfly at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships and competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Career
[edit | edit source]Stephens competed in the women's 200 metre butterfly at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships, where she reached the final.[4] In 2022, she represented England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where she won two medals.[2]
In 2023, she won the gold medal at the 2023 British Swimming Championships in the 200 metres butterfly. It was the second time that she had won the 200 metres title, having won it in 2022 as well.[5]
After finishing second in the 200 metres butterfly at the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, Stephens recorded a time that met the British Consideration criteria for a place at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[6] She was subsequently named in the British team for the Olympics.[7] At the Olympic Games, Stephens reached the Olymic final of the women's 200 metre butterfly.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Laura Stephens at British Swimming
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- Laura Stephens at Team England
- Laura Stephens at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Laura Stephens at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
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- 1999 births
- Living people
- English female butterfly swimmers
- British female butterfly swimmers
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- European Games medalists in swimming
- European Games bronze medalists for Great Britain
- Swimmers at the 2015 European Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers from London
- People educated at Plymouth College
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century English sportswomen
- English swimming biography stubs