Toni Shaw

Who they were

Personal life and career Shaw's right arm never fully formed and she was born without her right hand. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] 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. [ 3 ] Shaw was born on 5 August 2003 [ 4 ] and took swimming lessons from the age of eight. [ 5 ]

Toni Stephanie Shaw 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 4 × 100 m 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. She is a three-time World Champion and two-time European Champion.

Early life

Educated at: University of Aberdeen and Albyn School.

Why this date

Toni Shaw appears on our August 5 calendar for 2003 as a birth entry.