Sarah Marie Vasey (born 29 August 1996) is a former British

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. She competed in the women's 50 metre and 100 metre breaststroke events at the

2017 World Aquatics Championships The 17th FINA World Championships () were held in Budapest, Hungary from 14 to 30 July 2017.

. Vasey qualified for the 50 metre breaststroke final at the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that was held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

Gold Coast, Australia The Gold Coast, also known by its initials, GC, is a coastal city and region in the state of Queensland, Australia, located approximately south-southeast of the centre of the state capital, Brisbane. It is Queensland's second-largest city a ...

and went on to win gold. Vasey was included in April 2021 as a member of the "high quality" British team to go to the postponed

2020 Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

in Tokyo. She joined an "exceptionally high quality" swimming team which included Jacob Whittle, Abbie Wood and Molly Renshaw who are all from Derbyshire and also at their first Olympics. On 23 September 2022, Vasey announced her retirement from the sport.

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* * * * * * * * * 1996 births Living people British female breaststroke swimmers English female breaststroke swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Summer World University Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games silver medalists for Great Britain Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Derby 21st-century English sportswomen {{UK-swimming-bio-stub