Megan Shackleton

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Megan Shackleton
Personal information
Born (1999-03-21) 21 March 1999 (age 22)
Halifax, West Yorkshire, Great Britain
Sport
Country Great Britain
SportPara table tennis
DisabilitySpinal cord injury
Medal record
Para table tennis
Representing  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Teams C4-5
World Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Bratislava Teams C4-5
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Vejle Teams C4-5
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Helsingborg Teams C4-5

Megan Shackleton (born 21 March 1999) is a British Paralympic table tennis player. She won bronze in the Women's team – Class 4–5 at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo with Sue Bailey. She is also a World bronze medalist and a double European bronze medalist. [1]

Shackleton was once a competitive swimmer and focused on participating in the Olympics. However, she had a spinal fracture in a machinery-related accident which left her wheelchair bound at nine years old. She started playing para table tennis aged twelve when she went to visit an open public sporting event in Leeds and tried out table tennis, she then joined the GB national para table tennis team in 2013.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Megan Shackleton - IPTTC Profile". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 2 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Megan Shackleton - British Para Table Tennis". British Para Table Tennis. 2 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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