Medi Harris
{{Short description|Welsh swimmer (born 2002)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Medi Harris
| image =
| full_name = Medi Eira Harris
| nationality = British
Welsh
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|9|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Porthmadog, Gwynedd, Wales
| country = Great Britain/Wales
| sport = Swimming
| event = Backstroke, Freestyle
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's swimming}}
{{Medal|Country|{{GBR2}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships (LC)}}
{{MedalSilver|2024 Doha|4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|2024 Doha|Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay}}
{{MedalCompetition | European Championships (LC)}}
{{MedalGold | 2022 Rome | 4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver |2022 Rome|100 m backstroke}}
{{MedalSilver |2022 Rome| 4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Rome|4×100 m mixed medley}}
{{MedalCountry |{{WAL}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Birmingham|100 m backstroke}}
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Medi Eira Harris (born 15 September 2002) is a Welsh international swimmer competing for Great Britain and Wales in backstroke and freestyle. She was part of the gold medal-winning women's 4x100 freestyle relay team at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships. Representing Wales at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she won a bronze medal in the women's 100 metre backstroke.{{cite web |url=https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athlete-details/59709 |title=Official Commonwealth Games profile |publisher=Birmingham Organising Committee Commonwealth Games Ltd |access-date=2 August 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/swimming/medi-harris_prs626543/person.shtml |title=Medi Harris |publisher=Eurosport |access-date=2 August 2022}}
Biography
Harris won two medals at the 2022 British Swimming Championships: gold in the 100m backstroke , and silver in the 50m backstroke{{cite web |url=https://teamwales.cymru/en/athletes/medi-harris/ |title=Team Wales profile |publisher=Team Wales |access-date=2 August 2022 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} She subsequently represented Great Britain at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships.{{cite web |url=https://www.britishswimming.org/athlete-swimming-profiles/british-swimming-profiles/medi-harris/ |title=british Swimming profile |publisher=British Swimming |access-date=2 August 2022}}
She was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where she competed in two events: the women's 50m backstroke and the women's 100m backstroke, winning a bronze medal in the latter.
At the 2022 European Aquatics Championships in Rome, she won a silver medal in the final of the Women's 100 metre backstroke and another as a member of the British team in the Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay.{{cite web |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/swimming/great-britain-win-first-gold-and-world-record-smashed-on-day-three-of-european-aquatic-championships_sto9085408/story.shtml |title=Great Britain win first gold... |website=Eurosport |access-date=22 August 2022}} At the same championships, she won gold as a member of the British Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay team, and bronze as a member of the Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay team.
In 2023, she won the gold medal at the 2023 British Swimming Championships in the 100 metres backstroke. It was the second time that she had won the 100 metres title.{{cite web |url=https://www.britishswimming.org/events-and-tickets/british-swimming-championships-2023/ |title=British Swimming Championships 2023 |publisher=British Swimming |access-date=20 April 2023}} After finishing third in the 200 metres freestyle at the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, Harris qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://results.swimming.org/swimming/results/2024/AquaticsGBChamps/ |title=Speedo Aquatics GB Swimming Championships 2024 |website=Swimming.org |access-date=9 April 2024}}
At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, she participated in the women's 100 metre backstroke competition, where she was eliminated in the heats.
References
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External links
- {{World Aquatics|name=Medi Eira Harris}}
- {{British Swimming swimmer|medi-harris|Medi Harris}}
- {{Swimrankings|name=Medi Harris}}
- {{Olympics.com|medi-eira-harris|Medi Eira Harris}}
- [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/medi-eira-harris_1903554 Medi Eira Harris] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- {{Team GB|1mPOla1AI123R4gPRCekVb|Medi Harris}}
- {{Team Wales|name=Medi Harris}}
{{Footer European Champions 4x100m Freestyle Women}}
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Category:Welsh female backstroke swimmers
Category:British female backstroke swimmers
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Wales
Category:Commonwealth Games swimmers for Wales
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming
Category:Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Category:21st-century Welsh sportswomen
Category:People from Porthmadog
Category:Sportspeople from Gwynedd
Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Category:Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic swimmers for Great Britain