Kate Shortman

Kate Shortman
Shortman in 2024
Personal information
Full nameKate Elizabeth Shortman
NationalityBritish
Born (2001-11-19) 19 November 2001 (age 23)
Bristol, England
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesSynchronised swimming
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Duet
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Doha Duet technical routine
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Fukuoka Solo free routine
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Doha Duet free routine
European Aquatics Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Belgrade Duet technical routine
Silver medal – second place 2024 Belgrade Duet free routine
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Duet free routine

Kate Elizabeth Shortman (born 19 November 2001)[1] is a British synchronised swimmer, the most successful in her nation's history. With partner Isabelle Thorpe, she won a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the duet, the first medal won by Great Britain in the sport.

Shortman competed in the women's duet event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[2] She has also represented Great Britain at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. In 2023 at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, she won a first world medal in the solo free routine, after winning a duet bronze with Thorpe at the 2023 European Games. The following year saw consistent silver medal success for Shortman and Thorpe in European, World and finally Olympic duet.

Progression

At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships, she finished in 10th place in the solo technical routine and in 11th place in the solo free routine.[3][4] Shortman and Isabelle Thorpe competed in the duet technical routine and duet free routine and they finished in 14th place in the preliminary round in both events.[5][6]

In 2021, she competed in the solo free routine, the duet free routine and duet technical routine events at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.

She finished in 7th place in the solo technical routine at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. Shortman and Isabelle Thorpe finished in 9th place in the duet technical routine.

At the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Thorpe and Shortman won the silver medal in the Duet technical routine competition, becoming the first Britons to do so.[7] The pair followed this up with bronze in the Duet free routine competition.[8] This ensured the duo's qualification for the 2024 Paris Olympics[9] where they won a silver medal.[10][11][12] This was the first ever medal for Great Britain in artistic swimming at the Olympics.[10]

Early life and education

Shortman was born in Bristol. She attended Redland High School and Redmaids' High School before attending Clifton High School along with Isabelle Thorpe.[13][14] Shortman earned a Bill Whiteley Scholarship to study International Management and French at the University of Bath.[15]

Shortman and Thorpe train at the City of Bristol Swimming Club.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Artistic swimming – Entry list" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  2. ^ Bennett, Charlie (3 August 2021). "Swimming duo Kate Shortman and Isabelle Thorpe go from Zoom routines to Olympic pool". Bristol Post. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Solo technical routine – Final" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Solo free routine – Final" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Duet technical routine – Preliminary round" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Duet free routine – Preliminary round" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  7. ^ "World Aquatics Championships 2024: GB's Izzy Thorpe & Kate Shortman win silver and Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix takes diving bronze". BBC Sport. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  9. ^ "World bronze seals Olympic Games spot for Kate Shortman and Izzy Thorpe". Swim England. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  10. ^ a b "History makers in the pool as Great Britain claim first artistic swimming medal". The Independent. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Shortman and Thorpe win historic artistic swimming medal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Team GB's Isabelle Thorpe and Kate Shortman earn artistic swimming silver as China win dramatic gold late on". Eurosport. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Kate Shortman". Team GB. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  14. ^ Bond, Elizabeth (11 January 2022). "Alumni Olympians return to School". Clifton High Foundation. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  15. ^ "Bath sporting scholar Kate Shortman officially selected in Team GB artistic swimming squad for Paris 2024 Olympic Games". Team Bath. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  16. ^ "Making a splash: Interview with Kate Shortman and Isabelle Thorpe". The Bristol Magazine. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

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