# Mona McSharry

Mona McSharry (born 21 August 2000) is an Irish competitive swimmer. She is a two-time Olympian and won the bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2024 Summer Olympics. McSharry is also a World Championships (25m) and European Short Course Championships bronze medalist, a junior world champion and a two-time junior European champion.
McSharry is the holder of multiple national senior records, including 50 m, 100 m and 200 m breaststroke in both long course and short course, and 100 m individual medley in short course.

## Career

McSharry won her first international medals when she placed second in the 100 m breaststroke and third in the 50 m breaststroke at the 2016 European Junior Championships. In 2017, she won the 50 m breaststroke and 100 m breaststroke events, and placed second in the 200 breaststroke at the European Junior Championships in Netanya. In August of that year, she won the 100 m breaststroke event and finished third in the 50 m breaststroke at the World Junior Championships in Indianapolis.
McSharry won the bronze medal in the 50 m breaststroke at the 2019 European Short Course Championships in Glasgow. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, finishing eight in the 100 metre breaststroke event, and won the bronze medal in the 100 m breastroke at the 2021 World Championships (25 m). On 29 July 2024, McSharry won the bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Olympic Results :
| Year | 100m Breast | 200m Breast | 4 × 100m medley relay |
| 2021 | 8th | — | — |
| 2024 | | 11th | 11th (h) |
World Championships Results :
| Year | 50m Breast | 100m Breast | 200m Breast | 4x100m Free Relay | 4x100m medley relay |
| 2017 | — | 24th | — | — | — |
| 2021 (25m) | 4th | | 7th | — | — |
| 2023 | 11th | 5th | 15th | 15th | 13th |
| 2024 | 8th | 5th | 5th | — | — |

## Personal life

McSharry grew up in Grange, County Sligo. In 2019, McSharry and her family competed in the seventh series of the popular RTÉ reality competition, Ireland's Fittest Family. They won the competition under the guidance of mentor, former rugby player, Donncha O'Callaghan.

## Records

| Record | Event | Time | Meet | Date | Club |
| NR | 50m breaststroke | 30.29 | Irish Championships | 3 April 2023 | Marlins |
| NR | 100m breaststroke | 1:05.51 | Olympics Games | 28 July 2024 | Ireland |
| NR | 200m breaststroke | 2:22.49 | Mel Zajac Jr. International Meet | 22 June 2024 | Unattached Tennessee Aquatics |
| NR | 4×100m freestyle relay | 3:41.75 | World Championships | 23 July 2023 | Ireland |
| NR | 4×100m medley relay | 4:00.12 | Olympics Games | 3 August 2024 | Ireland |
| NR | 50m breaststroke (SC) | 29.59 | World Championships | 17 December 2021 | Ireland |
| NR | 100m breaststroke (SC) | 1:03.92 | World Championships | 20 December 2021 | Ireland |
| NR | 200m breaststroke (SC) | 2:20.19 | World Championships | 21 December 2021 | Ireland |
| NR | 100m individual medley (SC) | 59.35 | World Championships | 18 December 2021 | Ireland |
| NR | 4×100m freestyle relay (SC) | 3:41.09 | Irish Championships | 12 December 2019 | Larne |
| NR | 4×200m freestyle relay (SC) | 8:07.86 | Irish Championships | 13 December 2019 | Kilkenny |
| NR | 4×50m medley relay (SC) | 1:49.31 | European Championships | 8 December 2019 | Ireland |
| NR | 4×50m freestyle relay (SC) | 1:31.86 | European Championships | 7 December 2019 | Ireland |
| NR | 4×50m medley relay (SC) | 1:41.00 | European Championships | 5 December 2019 | Ireland |