Tegan McCarthy

Tegan McCarthy (born 1997) is a Papua New Guinean swimmer. She competed in the

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, 4 × 200 m freestyle relays, and the 4 × 100 medley relay at the

2011 Pacific Games The 14th Pacific Games (), also known as NC 2011 or Nouméa 2011, took place in Nouméa, New Caledonia, from August 27 to September 10, 2011. Nouméa was the 14th host of the Pacific Games. Upon closure of the registration for entries, "some 4,300 ...

, capturing bronze in all three events, and in the 50 m,

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and 200 m breaststroke, 50 m (where she holds the national record with a time of 32.27 seconds) and 100 m backstroke (with a Papua New Guinea record of 1:12.61), 50 m butterfly (an event where she broke the national record ) and 100 m individual medley events at the

2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was held in Istanbul, Turkey on 12–16 December 2012. This swimming-only championships took place in the Sinan Erdem Dome; all events were swum in a 25-meter ( short-course) pool. The United S ...

. McCarthy also competed in the 50 m breaststroke and 50 m butterfly events at the

2013 World Aquatics Championships The 15th FINA World Championships (, ) were held from 20 July to 4 August in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.Living people 1997 births Papua New Guinean female swimmers Place of birth missing (living people) Pacific Games silver medalists for Papua New Guinea Pacific Games bronze medalists for Papua New Guinea Pacific Games medalists in swimming {{PapuaNewGuinea-swimming-bio-stub