Siobhan-Marie O'Connor (born 29 November 1995) is a former English competitive
swimmer
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who has represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games, the
FINA World Aquatics Championships
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and the
LEN European Aquatics Championships
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, and England at the
Commonwealth Games
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. A specialist in the 200 metres individual medley, she is the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games champion in the event, and has won silver medals in the same event at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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, the
2015 World Aquatics Championships
The 16th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships (), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia hosted this event for the first time. The number of participating national teams (190), ...
,
2016 European Aquatics Championships, the 2014 World Short-Course Championships and the 2013 and 2015 European Short Course Championships – on each occasion behind World and Olympic champion
Katinka Hosszú
Katinka Hosszú (; born 3 May 1989) is a Hungarian former competitive Swimming (sport), swimmer specialized in individual medley events. She is a three-time Olympic champion and a nine-time long-course world champion. She is the owner of a Budap ...
. With six Commonwealth Games medals in total from 2014, O'Connor was England's most decorated athlete at those Games.
In addition, O'Connor swam the butterfly leg for Great Britain in the non-Olympic 4 x 100-metre mixed medley relay that won gold at the 2015 FINA World Aquatics Championships in a world record time for the event. she has also won gold medals in 2016 at the European Championships in the same event, and in the women's 4 x 100 metres medley relay.
O'Connor first competed for Great Britain at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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in the 100m breaststroke event.
She holds the British records for 200 metres individual medley, the 100 breaststroke and the 4 x 100-metre mixed medley relay.
O'Connor announced her retirement from competitive swimming on 16 June 2021, following a long battle with
ulcerative colitis
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is one of the two types of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), with the other type being Crohn's disease. It is a long-term condition that results in inflammation and ulcers of the colon and rectum. The primary sympto ...
.
O'Connor became a swimming coach and trained
Daisy Ridley for her role in the 2024 movie
Young Woman and the Sea.
Personal life
O'Connor attended
St. Gregory's Catholic College in
Bath
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** Bathtub, a large open container for water, in which a person may wash their body
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Plac ...
. She missed her prom to compete in the qualifying meet for the 2012 London Olympics. In 2015, Siobhan was at a Team Bath warm weather training camp at Northern Arizona University at the same time four students were shot by a freshman following an altercation outside a fraternity house, leaving one dead and three wounded.
O'Connor has
ulcerative colitis
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, a type of
inflammatory bowel disease
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of inflammatory conditions of the colon and small intestine, with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis (UC) being the principal types. Crohn's disease affects the small intestine and large intestine ...
.
See also
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List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in swimming.
Women's events
50 metre freestyle
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
400 metre freestyle
800 metre freestyle
1500 metre freestyle
100 metre backstroke
200 ...
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List of European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
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List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)
This is a list of women's Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (sport), swimming from 1930 to 2022.
Current program
50 metre freestyle
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
400 metre freestyle
800 metre freestyle
50 metre backs ...
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List of European Short Course Swimming Championships medalists (women)
References
External links
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1995 births
Living people
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming
English female medley swimmers
British female medley swimmers
Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
Sportspeople from Bath, Somerset
Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
World record setters in swimming
Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists in swimming
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
People with ulcerative colitis
English swimming coaches
English sports coaches
Female sports coaches
English people of Irish descent
English female freestyle swimmers
British female freestyle swimmers
English female butterfly swimmers
British female butterfly swimmers
English female breaststroke swimmers
British female breaststroke swimmers
21st-century English sportswomen