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| Full name | Mona McSharry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Irish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2000-08-21)21 August 2000 (age 25) Grange, County Sligo, Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mona McSharry (born 21 August 2000) is an Irish competitiveswimmer. She is a two-timeOlympian and won the bronze medal in the100 metre breaststroke at the2024 Summer Olympics.[1][2][3][4] McSharry is also aWorld Championships (25m) andEuropean Short Course Championships bronze medalist, ajunior world champion and a two-timejunior European champion.
McSharry is the holder of multiplenational 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.[5]
McSharry won her first international medals when she placed second in the 100 m breaststroke and third in the 50 m breaststroke at the2016 European Junior Championships. In 2017, she won the 50 m breaststroke and 100 m breaststroke events, and placed second in the 200 breaststroke at theEuropean Junior Championships inNetanya. In August of that year, she won the 100 m breaststroke event and finished third in the 50 m breaststroke at theWorld Junior Championships inIndianapolis.[6]
McSharry won the bronze medal in the 50 m breaststroke at the2019 European Short Course Championships inGlasgow.[7] She competed at the2020 Summer Olympics inTokyo, finishing eight in the100 metre breaststroke event, and won the bronze medal in the100 m breastroke at the2021 World Championships (25 m).[8][9] On 29 July 2024, McSharry won the bronze medal in the100 metre breaststroke at the2024 Summer Olympics inParis.[10][4]
| Year | 100m Breast | 200m Breast | 4 × 100m medley relay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8th | — | — |
| 2024 |  | 11th | 11th (h) |
| Year | 50m Breast | 100m Breast | 200m Breast | 4x100m Free Relay | 4x100m medley relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | — | 24th | — | — | — |
| 2021 (25m) | 4th | | 7th | — | — |
| 2023 | 11th | 5th | 15th | 15th | 13th |
| 2024 | 8th | 5th | 5th | — | — |
| 2025 | 11th | DNS |
McSharry grew up inGrange, County Sligo.[11] In 2019, McSharry and her family competed in the seventh series of the popularRTÉ reality competition,Ireland's Fittest Family.[12] They won the competition under the guidance of mentor, former rugby player,Donncha O'Callaghan.[13]
| Record | Event | Time | Meet | Date | Club |
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| NR | 50m breaststroke | 30.29 | Irish Championships | 3 April 2023 | Marlins |
| NR | 100m breaststroke | 1:05.51 | Olympics Games | 28 July 2024 | Ireland |
| NR | 200m breaststroke | 2:22.49 | Mel Zajac Jr. International Meet | 22 June 2024 | Unattached Tennessee Aquatics |
| NR | 4×100m freestyle relay | 3:41.75 | World Championships | 23 July 2023 | Ireland |
| NR | 4×100m medley relay | 4:00.12 | Olympics Games | 3 August 2024 | |
| NR | 50m breaststroke(SC) | 29.59 | World Championships | 17 December 2021 | |
| NR | 100m breaststroke(SC) | 1:03.92 | World Championships | 20 December 2021 | |
| NR | 200m breaststroke(SC) | 2:20.19 | World Championships | 21 December 2021 | |
| NR | 100m individual medley(SC) | 59.35 | World Championships | 18 December 2021 | |
| NR | 4×100m freestyle relay(SC) | 3:41.09 | Irish Championships | 12 December 2019 | Larne |
| NR | 4×200m freestyle relay(SC) | 8:07.86 | 13 December 2019 | Kilkenny | |
| NR | 4×50m medley relay(SC) | 1:49.31 | European Championships | 8 December 2019 | Ireland |
| NR | 4×50m freestyle relay(SC) | 1:31.86 | 7 December 2019 | ||
| NR | 4×50m medley relay(SC) | 1:41.00 | 5 December 2019 |
