Madeleine McTernan
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| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||
| Born | 29 December 2000 (age 21) | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | |||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic swimming | |||||||||||||
| Disability class | S14 | |||||||||||||
| Club | St Hilda's | |||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ken Malcolm | |||||||||||||
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Madeleine "Maddie" McTernan (born 29 December 2000) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. She represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics where she won a silver medal.
Personal life[]
McTernan has an intellectual disability. In primary school, she attended St Francis Xavier School in Woolgoolga, New South Wales, and in high school, Aquinas College, Southport.[1]
Swimming career[]
McTernan is S14 swimmer. Her swimming started as a child and won her first medal in 2013 whilst a grade six student. In Coffs Harbour she was coached by Eugene Brogmus.[2] She moved to St Hilda's Swim Club on the Gold Coast to further her swimming career.[1]
In 2019, she represented Australia and won two relay gold at the International Sports Federation for Persons with Intellectual Disability Global Games.
At the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London, she finished fifth Women's 100 m Backstroke S14
In December 2020, at the Australian Virtual Short Course Championships, she set a world record in the Women's 400 m Freestyle Multi-class. In February 2020, she won the 200 m freestyle final at the World Para Swimming Series in Melbourne, her first individual international gold medal.[3]
At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, she won a silver medal in the Mixed 4 x 100 m freestyle S14 and finished fourth in the Women's 100 m backstroke S14.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b Flanagan, Sam (12 June 2019). "Swimmer's big gesture". Coffs Coast Advocate.
- ^ "Coffs Harbour has a new world record holder". Coffs Coast Advocate. 3 December 2020.
- ^ Reilly, Eliza (19 February 2020). "McTernan strikes gold for country". Gold Coast Bulletin.
- ^ "Paralympics Australia Names Powerful Para-Swimming Team For Tokyo". Paralympics Australia. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
External links[]
- Living people
- Intellectual Disability category Paralympic competitors
- Female Paralympic swimmers of Australia
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic silver medalists for Australia
- Paralympic medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- 2000 births