Megan Richter

{{Short description|British Paralympic athlete (born 2000)}}

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| name = Megan Richter

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| nationality = British

| sport = Paralympic swimming

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|disability_class = S8, SB7, SM8

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| club = Orion Swimming Club, Birmingham, England

| coach = Carl Flynn

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|12|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Birmingham, England, Great Britain

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{{Medal|Sport|Women's paratriathlon}}

{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|2024 Paris|PTS4}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2024 Torremolinos|Mixed relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2024 Vichy|PTS4}}

{{Medal|Sport|Women's para-swimming}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2019 London|100 m backstroke S8}}

{{Medal|Competition|European Championships}}

{{Medal|Silver|2018 Dublin|100 m backstroke S8}}

{{Medal|Silver|2018 Dublin|200 m ind. medley SM8}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2018 Dublin|100 m breaststroke SB7}}

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Megan Richter (born 29 December 2000) is a British Paralympic swimmer who competes in international level events. She has won a bronze medal for her backstroke in 2019 at the world championships. She has also competed in paratriathlon,{{Cite web |access-date=12 June 2020 |title=Megan Richter - British Swimming |url=https://www.britishswimming.org/athlete-swimming-profiles/para-swimming-profiles/megan-richter/ |website=British Swimming}}{{Cite web |access-date=12 June 2020 |title=Megan Richter - IPC Athlete Bio |url=http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/theasp.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=514&personid=1064858&wintergames=-1&refreshauto=1 |website=ipc.infostradasports.com |archive-date=12 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612141311/http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/theasp.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=514&personid=1064858&wintergames=-1&refreshauto=1 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |date=25 October 2018 |title=Swimming star Richter ready for paratriathlon challenge |url=https://paralympics.org.uk/articles/swimming-star-richter-ready-for-paratriathlon-challegene |website=ParalympicsGB}} and won the gold medal at 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.{{Cite web|language=en| title=Britain's Megan Richter right on time with golden show in PTS4 Paris 2024 Paralympic Triathlon |author=Olalla Cernuda|url= https://triathlon.org/news/article/megan_richter_storms_the_field_and_is_the_new_pts4_paralympic_champion | work= triathlon.org | date= 2 September 2024 | access-date= 18 September 2024}}.