Mona Lucille McSharry (born 21 August 2000) is an Irish competitive swimmer. She is a two-time Olympian and won the bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2024 Summer Olympics. McSharry is also a World Championships (25m) and European Short Course Championships bronze medallist, a junior world champion and a two-time junior European champion.
McSharry is the holder of multiple national senior records, including 50 m, 100 m and 200 m breaststroke in both long course and short course, and 100 m individual medley in short course.
Career McSharry won her first international medals when she placed second in the 100 m breaststroke and third in the 50 m breaststroke at the 2016 European Junior Championships. In 2017, she won the 50 m breaststroke and 100 m breaststroke events, and placed second in the 200 breaststroke at the European Junior Championships in Netanya. In August of that year, she won the 100 m breaststroke event and finished third in the 50 m breaststroke at the World Junior Championships in Indianapolis.
McSharry won the bronze medal in the 50 m breaststroke at the 2019 European Short Course Championships in Glasgow. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, finishing eight in the 100 metre breaststroke event, and won the bronze medal in the 100 m breastroke at the 2021 World Championships (25 m). On 29 July 2024, McSharry won the bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
+Olympic ResultsYear100m Breast200m Breast4 × 100m medley relay20218th——202411th11th (h) +World Championships ResultsYear50m Breast100m Breast200m Breast4x100m Free Relay4x100m medley relay2017—24th———2021 (25m)4th7th——202311th5th15th15th13th20248th5th5th——202525th11thDNS——
Personal life McSharry grew up in Grange, County Sligo. In 2019, McSharry and her family competed in the seventh series of the popular RTÉ reality competition, Ireland's Fittest Family. They won the competition under the guidance of mentor, former rugby player, Donncha O'Callaghan.
Records RecordEventTimeMeetDateClubNR50m breaststroke 30.29Irish Championships3 April 2023MarlinsNR100m breaststroke1:05.51Olympics Games28 July 2024IrelandNR200m breaststroke2:22.22Irish Open Championships10 April 2026MarlinsNR4×100m freestyle relay3:41.75World Championships23 July 2023IrelandNR4×100m medley relay4:00.12Olympics Games3 August 2024NR50m breaststroke (SC)29.59World Championships17 December 2021NR100m breaststroke (SC)1:03.92World Championships20 December 2021NR200m breaststroke (SC)2:20.19World Championships21 December 2021NR100m individual medley (SC)59.35World Championships18 December 2021NR4×100m freestyle relay (SC)3:41.09Irish Championships12 December 2019LarneNR4×200m freestyle relay (SC)8:07.8613 December 2019KilkennyNR4×50m medley relay (SC)1:49.31European Championships8 December 2019IrelandNR4×50m freestyle relay (SC)1:31.867 December 2019NR4×50m medley relay (SC)1:41.005 December 2019
References
External links
Mona McSharry at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived)