Kate Shortman

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
Kate Shortman
Swimming Club.[16]

References
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[Link]/news/clifton-rosarians/104/104-Alumni-Olympians-return-to-School). Clifton
High Foundation. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
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Magazine. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

External links
Kate Shortman ([Link]
g-profiles/kate-shortman/) at British Swimming
Kate Shortman ([Link] at
World Aquatics
Kate Shortman ([Link] at [Link]
Kate Shortman ([Link] at Team
GB
Kate Shortman ([Link] at Olympedia

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