Harriet Lee (swimmer)
{{Short description|British Paralympic swimmer (born 1991)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
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| nationality = British
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|5|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = Huntingdon, England
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| club = City of Peterborough Swimming Club
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{{MedalSport|Women's swimming}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Paralympics}}
{{MedalBronze|2012 London|100 metres breastroke - SB9}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Rio|100 metres breastroke - SB9}}
{{MedalCompetition | IPC World Championships}}
{{MedalGold| 2010 Eindhoven | 100m breaststroke SB9}}
{{MedalGold|2016 Funchal|100m medley relay 34pts}}
{{MedalSilver| 2010 Eindhoven | 4x100m medley relay 34pts}}
{{MedalSilver| 2013 Montreal | 100m breaststroke SB9}}
{{MedalCompetition|IPC Swimming European Championships}}
{{MedalSilver |2016 Funchal| 100 m breaststroke SB9}}
Medal gold 34pt 4x100m medley relay
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Harriet Lee (born 6 May 1991) is a British Paralympic swimmer who represented Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
Personal life
Lee was born in Huntingdon, England and has been swimming since she was a baby and competing since 2002.{{cite web|title=Harriet Lee|url=http://www.paralympics.org.uk/gb/athletes/harriet-lee|publisher=www.paralympics.org.uk|accessdate=9 September 2012}} She has Beckwith-wiedemann syndrome meaning the left side of her body is shorter than her right. She also struggles to control her blood sugar levels.{{cite web|title=Harriet Lee goes from intensive care to the podium as she takes bronze|url=http://www.metro.co.uk/olympics/911273-harriet-lee-goes-from-intensive-care-to-the-podium|publisher=www.metro.co.uk|accessdate=9 September 2012}}
Career
Lee first represented Great Britain in 2010 at the World championships in the Netherlands where she won silver in the women's 4x100 individual medley 34-point relay and gold in the 100m Breaststroke SB9. Although selected Harriet missed out on competing at the European championship in 2011 through illness.
In the 2012 British Championships in London, she won a gold medal in the 100m Breaststroke SB9 competition and on 8 September 2012 at the 2012 Paralympics she won a bronze medal in the same event having broken the European record in the heats with a time of 1min 19.44 secs.{{cite web|title=Paralympics: Harriet wins a bronze|url=http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/other-sport/paralympics-harriet-wins-a-bronze-1-4241976|publisher=www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk|accessdate=9 September 2012}} Only four months before the event she had been in intensive care in hospital.
In the 2016 Olympics, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Lee received her second silver medal. On 8 September 2016 she received the silver medal in the 100m Breaststroke SB9 with a time of 1 min 16.87 secs.{{Cite web |title=Rio 2016 - swimming - womens-100-m-breaststroke-sb9 |url=https://www.paralympic.org/rio-2016/results/swimming/womens-100-m-breaststroke-sb9 |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=International Paralympic Committee |language=en}}
References
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Category:Sportspeople from Huntingdon
Category:English female breaststroke swimmers
Category:Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain
Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Category:S10-classified para swimmers
Category:Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships
Category:Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships
Category:Paralympic medalists in swimming
Category:Paralympic swimmers for Great Britain