Maisie Summers-Newton
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Maisie Summers-Newton MBE PLY (born 26 July 2002) is a British Paralympic swimmer, competing in S6 disability events.[1] 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 1:32.16 which she achieved in May 2018 at the British Para-Swimming International Meet.[1] She won two gold medals for Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Summers-Newton took gold at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London, England. She created a new world record for the SM6 200m Individual Medley when she beat Yelyzaveta Mereshko from Ukraine.[4] The record had been set earlier that year by Summers-Newton in Glasgow.[5]
In April 2021, at Sheffield's Ponds Forge sports centre, Summers-Newton came second in points in the freestyle swimming to Grace Harvey and beat Ellie Simmonds by 4.2 seconds.[6] In July, she was named as part of the Great Britain team to compete at the postponed 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.[7] In 2021 Summers-Newton also set a European record for the 100m breaststroke SB6 with a time of 1:32.34.[8]
At the Paralympics, she won gold in the 200m individual medley, setting a new world record of 2:56.68 in the process. She also won gold in the 100m breaststroke and fourth in the 400m freestyle.[8][9]
Summers-Newton competed at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships in Funchal, Portugal, where she won two gold medals. One in the 200m individual medley and another in the 400m freestyle.[10][11] At the Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 49pts, she came 6th with Alice Tai, James Hollis and Oliver Carter.[12] During the 100m breaststroke SB6 heats, Summers-Newton broke her own European record with a time of 1:32.16, and in the finals she got her third gold.[13][14][15]
She won gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games for Team England during the 100m breaststroke, with a time of 1:32.72 - 10.57 seconds ahead of second place.[16]
At the British Para-Swimming Winter National Meet 2022 at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Summers-Newton set four new world records. They were set in the 100m freestyle (S6), 200m individual medley (SM6) and 100m breaststroke (SB6) and the 400m freestyle (S6) events.[17]
At the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships at the Manchester Aquatics Centre, she won two gold medals and a silver medal. On 2 August she won gold in the 200m medley,[18] a silver on 3 August in the 400m freestyle,[19] and gold on 5 August in the 100m breaststroke, where she set a European record of 1:31.34.[20]
Summers-Newton represented Great Britain for the second time at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, where she retained her title in the 200m individual medley with a time of 2:56.90 - 5.6 seconds faster than American swimmer Ellie Marks who won silver.[21]