Mona McSharry (born 21 August 2000) is an Irish competitive

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. She is a two-time Olympian and won the bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the

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. 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

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. 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

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. McSharry won the bronze medal in the 50 m breaststroke at the 2019 European Short Course Championships in

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. She competed at the

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, 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

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Personal life

McSharry grew up in Grange, County Sligo. In 2019, McSharry and her family competed in the seventh series of the popular

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reality competition, '' Ireland's Fittest Family''. They won the competition under the guidance of mentor, former rugby player, Donncha O'Callaghan.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McSharry, Mona 2000 births Living people Irish female breaststroke swimmers European Games competitors for Ireland Place of birth missing (living people) Swimmers at the 2015 European Games Swimmers at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Ireland Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Sportspeople from County Sligo People from Grange, County Sligo Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Ireland Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Irish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Tennessee Volunteers women's swimmers Expatriate swimmers in the United States 21st-century Irish sportswomen