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

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in Tokyo with Sue Bailey. She is also a

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bronze medallist and a double

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bronze medallist. Shackleton was once a competitive swimmer and focused on participating in the

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. 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

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and trying out the sport. Two years later, she joined the GB para table tennis team.

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Megan Shackleton at the IPC Tokyo 2020 website
1999 births Living people Sportspeople from Sheffield English female table tennis players Paralympic table tennis players for Great Britain Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain Paralympic medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics People with paraplegia {{UK-Paralympic-medalist-stub