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Lauren Steadman (born 18 December 1992) is a British
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athlete who has competed in four
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, in both swimming and the
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. She competed at both the
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in Beijing and the
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in London as a swimmer, before switching to the paratriathlon for the 2016 Games in Rio where she won a silver medal in the Women's PT4. She won the gold medal in the Women's PTS5 at the 2020 Games in Tokyo.


Life and career

Steadman was born in Peterborough in 1992. She has won medals in
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at the
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European Championships. Her uncle was a triathlete and he suggested she try it. Steadman was educated at Great Gidding Primary School, then privately at the independent Mount Kelly school in
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, and completed a BSc (Hons) Psychology degree, followed by a master's degree in Business and Management at the
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. On 20 August 2018 it was announced that Steadman would be a contestant on series 16 of ''Strictly Come Dancing'', partnered with AJ Pritchard. They made it to the semi-final but were eliminated by
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in the dance-off. Steadman went on to perform in the live version of the show. Also, she completed and was one of two finalists in series 2 of '' Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins''. In January 2023, Steadman was a panelist on ''
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''.


Paratriathlon career

In 2013 and 2014 Steadman won medals at the European Championships Paratriathlon. In 2014, she won the London World Series Paratriathlon, gained a degree in Psychology and became the World Champion Paratriathlete in Edmonton, Canada.
Paratriathlon Para triathlon is a variant of the triathlon for athletes with a physical disability. The sport is governed by World Triathlon (TRI; formerly known as the International Triathlon Union or ITU), and was first held as a Paralympic event at the 2016 S ...
became an Olympic sport at the
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in
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. Steadman took the Silver medal behind Grace Norman of the US. Competing in the Women's PTS5 classification at the
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in
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, Steadman overtook Grace Norman early in the cycling leg and maintained her lead through the run to take the gold medal by 41 seconds. Steadman was appointed
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(MBE) in the
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for services to triathlon. She competed at the
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, winning the bronze medal in the Women's PTS5 triathlon behind Grace Norman and compatriot Claire Cashmore.


See also

* Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics * Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics *
Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed, under the name Great Britain, at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The first places for which the team qualified were for six athletes in sai ...
*
Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Great Britain competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. Originally scheduled to take place between 21 August and 6 September 2020, the Games were postponed to 24 August to 5 September 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
* Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Paralympics


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