Maisie Summers-Newton

Maisie Summers-Newton MBE (born 26 July 2002)[1] is a British Paralympic swimmer, competing in S6 disability events. In August 2018, she took gold in the IPC Swimming European Championships SM6 200m individual medley and set a new world record at 2:59.60.[2][3] She also holds the S6 100m Breaststroke world record in 1:33.92, which she achieved in May 2018 at the British Para-Swimming International Meet.[1]

Maisie Summers-Newton
MBE
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (2002-07-26) 26 July 2002
Northamptonshire, England
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportParalympic swimming
Disability classS6
Medal record
Representing  United Kingdom
Women's Swimming
Paralympic Games
2020 Tokyo200 m medley SM6
2020 Tokyo100 m breaststroke SB6
World Para Swimming Championships
2019 London200 m medley SM6
World Para Swimming European Championships
2018 Dublin200 m medley SM6

She was nominated for the 2018 BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year, joining a shortlist of 10 other British athletes.[4][5]

Summers-Newton took gold at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London. She created a new world record for the SM6 200m Individual Medley when she beat Yelyzaveta Mereshko from the Ukraine.[6] The record had been set earlier that year by Summers-Newton in Glasgow.[7]

In April 2021, at Sheffield's Ponds Forge sports centre, Summers-Newton came second in points in the freestyle swimming to Grace Harvey and,[8] in July, she was named as part of the Great Britain team to compete at the postponed 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.[9] At the Paralympics, Summers-Newton won gold in the 200m individual medley, setting a new world record of 2:56.68 in the process.[10]

Summers-Newton was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to swimming.[11][12]

References
  1. "Tai and Summers-Newton smash World records". British Swimming. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  2. "World Para-swimming European Championships: Maisie Summers-Newton beats Ellie Simmonds for world record". BBC Sport. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  3. "SUMMERS-NEWTON Maisie". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  4. "BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year 2018: Top 10 revealed". BBC Sport. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  5. "BBC Young Sports Personality 2018: Kare Adenegan wins award". BBC Sport. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  6. "Maisie Summers-Newton sets world record on golden night for Britain". Swim England Competitive Swimming Hub. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  7. "Records tumble as Brits win World Series gold in Glasgow". Swim England Competitive Swimming Hub. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  8. "Grace is over the moon on BPSIM day one". British Swimming. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  9. "Northampton swimming stars are off to Tokyo". Northampton Chronicle. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  10. "Maisie Summers-Newton and Tully Kearney win swimming gold - follow live". The Independent. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  11. "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N22.
  12. "New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame". BBC Sport. 31 December 2021.


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