Maisie Summers-Newton

Maisie Summers-Newton
MBE PLY
Maisie Summers-Newton
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (2002-07-26) 26 July 2002
Northamptonshire, England
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportPara swimming
DisabilityAchondroplasia
S6
Events
freestyle, individual medley, breaststroke
ClubNorthampton Swimming Club
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Women's Swimming
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 Tokyo200 m ind. medley SM6
Gold medal – first place2020 Tokyo100 m breaststroke SB6
Gold medal – first place2024 Paris100 m breaststroke SB6
Gold medal – first place2024 Paris200 m ind. medley SM6
Bronze medal – third place2024 Paris400 m freestyle S6
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 London200 m ind. medley SM6
Gold medal – first place2022 Madeira200 m ind. medley SM6
Gold medal – first place2022 Madeira400 m freestyle S6
Gold medal – first place2022 Madeira100 m breaststroke SB6
Gold medal – first place2023 Manchester200 m ind. medley SM6
Gold medal – first place2023 Manchester100 m breaststroke SB6
Silver medal – second place2019 London100 m breaststroke SB6
Silver medal – second place2023 Manchester400 m freestyle S6
Bronze medal – third place2019 London100 m freestyle S6
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Dublin200 m ind. medley SM6
Gold medal – first place2018 Dublin100 m breaststroke SB6
Gold medal – first place2018 Dublin4×100 m medley 34pts
Gold medal – first place2024 Madeira100 m breaststroke SB6
Gold medal – first place2024 Madeira200 m ind. medley SM6
Silver medal – second place2024 Madeira400 m freestyle S6
Bronze medal – third place2018 Dublin400 m freestyle S6
Bronze medal – third place2024 Madeira50 m butterfly S6
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2022 Birmingham100 m breaststroke SB6

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.

Career

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]

Honours and awards

Summers-Newton was nominated for the 2018 BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year, joining a shortlist of ten other British athletes.[22][23]

Her accounts on Instagram and Twitter are verified.[24]

In 2021, Summers-Newton appeared in The Beano's special "BeONE" edition, alongside other sporting heroes such as Emma Raducanu and Matty Lee.[25]

She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to swimming.[26][27] She received the insignia from Anne, Princess Royal at Buckingham Palace on 12 October 2022.[28]

Just before the start of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in July, Summers-Newton met Charles, Prince of Wales with Courtney Tulloch as he toured the Athletes' Village.[29]

On 17 November 2022, she won the Citi Disability Sportswoman of the Year award.[30]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tai and Summers-Newton smash World records". British Swimming. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "World Para-swimming European Championships: Maisie Summers-Newton beats Ellie Simmonds for world record". BBC Sport. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "SUMMERS-NEWTON Maisie". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 15 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Maisie Summers-Newton sets world record on golden night for Britain". Swim England Competitive Swimming Hub. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Records tumble as Brits win World Series gold in Glasgow". Swim England Competitive Swimming Hub. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Grace is over the moon on BPSIM day one". British Swimming. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Northampton swimming stars are off to Tokyo". Northampton Chronicle. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  8. 1 2 "Maisie Summers-Newton". British Swimming.
  9. ↑ "Tokyo Paralympics: Tully Kearney and Maisie Summers-Newton win golds for ParalympicsGB". Sky Sports. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  10. ↑ "It's g🥇ld for 🇬🇧 @maisiee26!!". Twitter. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  11. ↑ "GOLD FOR GREAT BRITAIN 🇬🇧🎉". Twitter. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  12. ↑ "💬 "It's such a good team, we were so excited yet relaxed in the call room" 🫶". Twitter. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  13. ↑ "Summers-Newton and Perry set records in heats". British Swimming. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  14. ↑ "A record breaking pair! ⏱️🔥". Twitter. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  15. ↑ "THIRD GOLD FOR SUMMERS-NEWTON!! 🎉🎉". Twitter. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  16. ↑ "Women's 100m Breaststroke SB6 | Results Summary" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  17. ↑ "Record-breaking quadruple from Summers-Newton at Winter Nationals". Swim England. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  18. ↑ "WOMEN'S 200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY SM6 | RESULTS SUMMARY" (PDF). IPC. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  19. ↑ "WOMEN'S 400M FREESTYLE S6 | RESULTS SUMMARY" (PDF). IPC. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  20. ↑ "WOMEN'S 100M BREASTSTROKE SB6 | RESULTS SUMMARY" (PDF). IPC. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  21. ↑ MacInnes, Paul (30 August 2024). "Maisie Summers-Newton overcomes nerves to retain Paralympic medley title". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  22. ↑ "BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year 2018: Top 10 revealed". BBC Sport. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  23. ↑ "BBC Young Sports Personality 2018: Kare Adenegan wins award". BBC Sport. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  24. ↑ "Maisie Summers-Newton MBE PLY ✔️". Twitter. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  25. ↑ "#BeOne celebrates the young sporting heroes which have brought the nation together this year". Twitter. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  26. ↑ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N22.
  27. ↑ "New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame". BBC Sport. 31 December 2021.
  28. ↑ Holl-Allen, Genevieve (12 October 2022). "Paralympic swimmer Maisie Summers-Newton hails her hero as she collects MBE". Evening Standard. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  29. ↑ "Maisie Summers-Newton MBE PLY on Instagram: "An absolute honour to meet Prince Charles this afternoon before the start of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games! 🤩 This will be a moment I will never forget!! Thank you @officialteamengland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️"". Instagram. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  30. ↑ Tarray, Peter (18 November 2022). "Eilish McColgan named Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
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