Sarah Vasey (born 29 August 1996) is a former British

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. She competed in the women's 50 metre and 100 metre breaststroke events at the

2017 World Aquatics Championships The 17th FINA World Championships ( hu, 2017-es úszó-világbajnokság) were held in Budapest, Hungary from 14 to 30 July 2017.

. Vasey qualified for the 50 metre breaststroke final at the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

Gold Coast, Australia The Gold Coast is a coastal city in the state of Queensland, Australia, approximately south-southeast of the centre of the state capital Brisbane. With a population over 600,000, the Gold Coast is the sixth-largest city in Australia, the nati ...

and went on to win gold. Vasey was included in April 2021 as a member of the "high quality" British team to go to the postponed

2020 Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

in Tokyo. She joined an "exceptionally high quality" swimming team which included

Jacob Whittle Jacob Whittle (born 25 September 2004) is a British competitive swimmer from Alfreton who specializes in freestyle swimming. In 2020 he joined as the youngest member of the New York Breakers in the International Swimming League as a professio ...

Abbie Wood Abbie Wood (born 2 March 1999) is a British swimmer from Buxton. Biography Wood was born in 1999 and she is from Buxton in Derbyshire. She is a student of Loughborough University. She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event ...

and

Molly Renshaw Molly Renshaw (born 6 May 1996) is an English breaststroke swimmer. In 2016, she won the 200 metres breaststroke at the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m). Career In 2012, she won the national 200 m title, but was not selected for t ...

who are all from Derbyshire and also at their first Olympics On the 23rd September 2022, Vasey announced her retirement from the sport.

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* * * * * * * 1996 births Living people British female swimmers Place of birth missing (living people) English female swimmers Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Great Britain Universiade medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for England 21st-century British women Sportspeople from Derbyshire {{UK-swimming-bio-stub