Laura Kathleen Jane Stephens (born 2 June 1999) is a British swimmer. In 2024 she won the gold medal for the 200 metre butterfly at the

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Career

Stephens competed in the women's 200 metre butterfly at the

2019 World Aquatics Championships The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues.

, where she reached the final. In 2022, she represented England at the

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in Birmingham, where she won two medals. In 2023, she won the gold medal at the

2023 British Swimming Championships The 2023 British Swimming Championships were held at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, from 4 April to 9 April 2023. They also doubled as the trials for the World Championships. They were organised by British Swimming. Med ...

in the 200 metres butterfly. It was the second time that she had won the 200 metres title, having won it in 2022 as well. After finishing second in the 200 metres butterfly at the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, Stephens recorded a time that met the British Consideration criteria for a place at the

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* * * * * 1999 births Living people English female swimmers British butterfly swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Games medalists in swimming European Games bronze medalists for Great Britain Swimmers at the 2015 European Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century British women Swimmers from Greater London People educated at Plymouth College World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming {{UK-swimming-bio-stub