Claire Cashmore
Athlete Information
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Region
Kidderminster
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Date of Birth
20/05/1988
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Classification
PTS5 (triathlon)
Athlete main content
Claire made her debut for ParalympicsGB as a 16-year-old competing at Athens 2004. Since then she has won medals at every level in Para swimming, including six Paralympic medals across three Games. After Rio 2016, she made a successful transition to triathlon.
After competing at Rio Claire transitioned from the pool to take up Paratriathlon making her international debut at the ITU Paratriathlon World Championships in Rotterdam in 2017. Despite crashing on her bike she still managed to achieve a sixth-placed finish.
And just one year later in 2018, Claire emerged as one of the leading PTS5 contenders after finishing second behind international teammate Lauren Steadman at the 2018 ITU World Championships on the Gold Coast.
However 12 months later Claire went one better to become the 2019 ITU World Champion after beating Steadman to the title at Lausanne. She won a bronze medal at Tokyo 2020 in the Women’s Individual PTS5 event with team-mate Lauren Steadman claiming gold.
A member of the BPA’s Athletes’ Commission, Claire has always been interested in sport, first taking to running and swimming from a very young age.
Major Results
Triathlon
Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
- PTS5: Bronze
2019 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Lausanne
- PTS5: Gold
2018 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Gold Coast
- PTS5: Silver
2017 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Rotterdam
- PTS5: 6th
Para swimming
Rio 2016 Paralympic Games
- 100m breaststroke SB8: silver
- 100m butterfly S9: 5th
- 200m individual medley SM9: 8th
- 4x100m individual medley (34pts): gold
London 2012 Paralympic Games
- 100m breaststroke SB8: silver
- 100m butterfly S9: 8th
- 100m freestyle S9: 5th (heat 1)
- 200m individual medley SM9: 4th
- 4x100m freestyle relay (34pts): bronze
- 4x100m medley relay (34pts): silver
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games
- 100m backstroke S9: 6th
- 100m breaststroke SB8: bronze
- 100m butterfly S9: 8th
- 200m individual medley SM9: 4th
Athens 2004 Paralympic Games
- 100m backstroke S9: bronze
- 100m butterfly S9: 8th
- 100m freestyle S9: 6th (heat 2)
- 50m freestyle S9: 5th
- 200m individual medley SM9: bronze
- 4x100m freestyle relay (34pts): 6th
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