Shannon Shakespeare
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Shannon Shakespeare | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 6, 1977 Mission, British Columbia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Manitoba Marlins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Michigan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shannon Shakespeare (born May 6, 1977) is a Canadian former competitive swimmer and freestyle specialist. Shakespeare competed for Canada at two consecutive Summer Olympics in 1996 and 2000. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, she finished in 17th position in the 200-metre freestyle. During the late 1990s Shakespeare was a key member in the Canadian freestyle relay teams. She won a bronze medal in the 50-metre freestyle and 4x100-metre freestyle in the 1994 Commonwealth Games. She was the Canadian champion in the women's 50-metre freestyle in 1992, 1994, 1995 and 1999.
Shakespeare was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.[1]
See also[]
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)
References[]
- ^ "Shannon Shakespeare". Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame - Honoured members database. Sport Manitoba. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
External links[]
- Shannon Shakespeare at the Canadian Olympic Committee at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-03-10)
- Shannon Shakespeare at the Canadian Olympic Committee
- Shannon Shakespeare at the International Olympic Committee
- Shannon Shakespeare at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
|
  | This Canadian swimming biography is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
Categories:
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Canadian female freestyle swimmers
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- Michigan Wolverines women's swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Canada
- Sportspeople from British Columbia
- Swimmers at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
- Swimmers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Pan American Games medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Canadian swimming biography stubs