Megan Shackleton
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Born | Halifax, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom | 21 March 1999|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Para table tennis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Spinal cord injury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 medallist and a double European bronze medallist.[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 at the age of nine, which left her reliant on a wheelchair. In 2011, aged 12, she began playing para table tennis after visiting an open public sporting event in Leeds and trying out the sport. Two years later, she joined the GB para table tennis team.[2]
References
- ^ "Megan Shackleton – IPTTC Profile". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "Megan Shackleton – British Para Table Tennis". British Para Table Tennis. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
External links
- Megan Shackleton at ITTF Para Table Tennis
- Megan Shackleton at the International Paralympic Committee
- Megan Shackleton at the IPC Tokyo 2020 website[dead link]
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