Maisie Summers-Newton
Maisie Summers-Newton (born 26 July 2002) is a British Paralympic swimmer, competing in S6 disability events. 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. She also holds the S6 100m Breaststroke world record in 1:33.92, which she achieved in May 2018 at the British Para-Swimming International Meet. She was nominated for the 2018 BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year, joining a shortlist of 10 other British athletes. Summers-Newton took gold at the 2019 World Para  Swimming Championships in London. She created a new world record for the SM6 200m Individual Medley when she beat Yelyzaveta Mereshko from the Ukraine. The record had been set earlier that year by Summers-Newton in Glasgow. In April 2021, at Sheffield's Ponds Forge sports centre, Summers-Newton came second in points in the freestyle swimming to Grace Harvey and, in July, she was named as part of the Great Britain team to compete at the postponed 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. At the Paralympics, Summers-Newton won gold in the 200m individual medley, setting a new  world record of 2:56.68 in the process. Summers-Newton was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to swimming.