{{Short description|British Paralympic swimmer (born 1988)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{EngvarB|date=September 2017}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Claire Cashmore<br><small>MBE</small> | image = Claire Cashmore, Paralympic swimmer in 2009.png | image_size = 250px | caption = Cashmore after the 2009 IPC European Championship | fullname = | nicknames = | nationality = British | citizenship = | strokes = Freestyle<br />Breaststroke<br />Butterfly<br />Backstroke | club = Manchester HPC | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1988|05|21}} | birth_place = Redditch, England| | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.66|m|ftin}} | weight = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| {{GBR2}} }} {{MedalSport|Women's paratriathlon}} {{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}} {{MedalSilver|2024 Paris|PTS5}} {{MedalBronze|2020 Tokyo|PTS5}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold|2019 Lausanne|PTS5}} {{MedalGold|2021 Abu Dhabi|PTS5}} {{MedalSilver|2018 Gold Coast|PTS5}} {{MedalSilver|2022 Abu Dhabi|PTS5}} {{MedalSilver|2023 Ponteverde|PTS5}} {{MedalSilver|2024 Torremolinos|PTS5}} {{MedalSilver|2024 Torremolinos|Mixed relay}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalGold|2021 Valencia|PTS5}} {{MedalGold|2022 Olsztyn|PTS5}} {{MedalGold|2023 Madrid|PTS5}} {{MedalSilver|2018 Tartu|PTS5}} {{MedalSilver|2019 Valencia|PTS5}} {{MedalSport|Women's swimming}} {{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}} {{MedalGold |2016 Rio de Janeiro|4 x 100-metre medley relay 34 pts}} {{MedalSilver| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Women's 100-metre breaststroke SB8}} {{MedalSilver| 2012 London | Women's 4 x 100-metre medley relay 34pts}} {{MedalSilver| 2012 London | Women's 100-metre breaststroke SB8}} {{MedalBronze| 2004 Athens | Women's 100m Backstroke S9}} {{MedalBronze| 2004 Athens | Women's 200m Individual Medley SM9}} {{MedalBronze| 2008 Beijing | Women's 100-metre breaststroke SB8}} {{MedalBronze| 2012 London | Women's 4 x 100-metre freestyle relay 34pts}} {{MedalCompetition|IPC World Championships}} {{MedalGold| 2013 Montreal | Women's 4 x 100-metre freestyle relay 34pts}} {{MedalGold| 2013 Montreal | Women's 4 x 100-metre medley relay 34pts}}<ref name = "BritishSwimming">{{cite web |url=http://www.swimming.org/britishswimming/disability-swimming/womens-world-class-pathway-podium/claire-cashmore/612/ |title=Claire Cashmore's profile page |publisher=British Swimming |accessdate=20 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015025211/http://www.swimming.org/britishswimming/disability-swimming/womens-world-class-pathway-podium/claire-cashmore/612/ |archive-date=15 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{MedalGold| 2015 Glasgow | 4x100m medley relay 34pts}} {{MedalSilver| 2006 Durban | 100m breaststroke SB8}} {{MedalSilver| 2006 Durban |4 x 100-metre freestyle relay 34pts}} {{MedalSilver| 2010 Eindhoven |100m breaststroke SB8}} {{MedalSilver| 2010 Eindhoven |4 x 100-metre freestyle relay 34pts}} {{MedalSilver| 2010 Eindhoven |4 x 100-metre medley relay 34pts}} {{MedalSilver| 2013 Montreal | 100m breaststroke SB9}} {{MedalSilver| 2015 Glasgow | 100m breaststroke SB8}} {{MedalBronze| 2013 Montreal | 200m individual medley SM9}} {{MedalBronze | 2015 Glasgow|4x100 m Freestyle Relay 34pts}} {{MedalCompetition|IPC European Championships}} {{MedalGold | 2009 Reykjavik | 4×100 m medley relay 34 pts}} {{MedalGold|2011 Berlin|4x100m Freestyle Relay (34pts)}} {{MedalGold|2011 Berlin|4x100m Medley Relay (34pts)}} {{MedalGold|2014 Eindhoven|100m Breaststroke (SB8)}} {{MedalGold|2014 Eindhoven|4x100m medley relay 34pts}} {{MedalGold|2016 Funchal|100m medley relay 34pts}} {{MedalSilver|2011 Berlin|100m Breaststroke (SB8)}} {{MedalBronze| 2009 Reykjavik | 50 m freestyle S9}} {{MedalBronze|2009 Reykjavík|100m Breaststroke (SB8)}} {{MedalBronze|2011 Berlin|100m Butterfly (S9)}} {{MedalBronze|2011 Berlin|200m Individual Medley (SM9)}} {{MedalBronze|2016 Funchal| 100 m breaststroke SB8}} {{MedalBronze |2016 Funchal| 100 m butterfly S9}} |show-medals = true }}
'''Claire Cashmore''' (born 21 May 1988) is a Paralympic Swimming Champion and PTS5 classified British paratriathlete. She has been to four Paralympic Games with swimming and has won 4 bronze, 3 silver, and 1 gold medal. Cashmore also broke the world record in the SM9 100m Individual Medley in 2009. She decided to switch to competing in paratriathlon after winning gold and silver at the Paralympic Games in 2016, and became ITU World Champion in the PTS5 classification in 2019. Claire Cashmore is based in Loughborough, England. She was born in Redditch, England, without a left forearm.<ref name=":1" />
== Career == Cashmore made her debut for ParalympicsGB as a 16-year-old competing at Athens in 2004, winning two bronze medals.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://paralympics.org.uk/athletes/claire-cashmore|title=ParalympicsGB {{!}} Claire cashmore|website=ParalympicsGB|language=en|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref> She won her first international medal in the 100m breaststroke SB8 at the 2006 IPC Swimming World Championships in Durban.<ref name=":0" /> During the 2009 season, Cashmore broke the European 200m IM record and represented GB at the World Short-Course Championships in Rio.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sport.leeds.ac.uk/page.asp|title=University of Leeds Olympic Alumni|last=|first=|date=|website=University of Leeds|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205232043/http://sport.leeds.ac.uk/page.asp|archive-date=5 December 2021|access-date=}}</ref> Cashmore went on to win a bronze at the Paralympic Games in Beijing in 2008, and a further two silvers and a bronze at the Paralympic Games in London 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/athletes/profile/115542/claire_cashmore|title=Athlete Profile: Claire Cashmore|last=Union|first=International Triathlon|website=Triathlon.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref> In 2014, she claimed her first individual gold medal on the international stage, marking her third IPC Swimming European Championships with a gold medal in the 100m breaststroke SB8.<ref name=":0" /> At the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 Claire took silver in the 100m breaststroke SB8 and also claimed a gold medal in the {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} medley relay.<ref name=":0" />
After competing in Rio, Cashmore took some time to reflect on her career and decided to transition into Paratriathlon. She was given a place on the UK Sport talent transfer programme and made her major international debut at the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Rotterdam.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2017_itu_world_triathlon_grand_final_rotterdam/310525|title=Results: PTS5 Women {{!}} 2017 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Rotterdam|last=Union|first=International Triathlon|website=Triathlon.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref> The 2018 season saw Cashmore win gold in the GBR Paratriathlon National Championships<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2018_gbr_paratriathlon_national_championships/333519|title=Results: PTS5 Women {{!}} 2018 GBR Paratriathlon National Championships|last=Union|first=International Triathlon|website=Triathlon.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref> and four consecutive silver medals at the Eton Dorney ITU Paratriathlon World Cup,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2018_eton_dorney_itu_paratriathlon_world_cup/322962|title=Results: PTS5 Women {{!}} 2018 Eton Dorney ITU Paratriathlon World Cup|last=Union|first=International Triathlon|website=Triathlon.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref> Iseo - Franciacorta ITU World Paratriathlon Series,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2018_iseo_franciacorta_itu_world_paratriathlon_series/322990|title=Results: PTS5 Women {{!}} 2018 Iseo - Franciacorta ITU World Paratriathlon Series|last=Union|first=International Triathlon|website=Triathlon.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref> Tartu ETU Triathlon European Championships<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2018_tartu_etu_triathlon_european_championships/323004|title=Results: PTS5 Women {{!}} 2018 Tartu ETU Triathlon European Championships|last=Union|first=International Triathlon|website=Triathlon.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref> and ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Gold Coast.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2018_itu_world_triathlon_grand_final_gold_coast/323056|title=Results: PTS5 Women {{!}} 2018 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Gold Coast|last=Union|first=International Triathlon|website=Triathlon.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref>
She enjoyed a number of successes in 2019 winning silver medals in the PTS5 classification at the Yokohama ITU World Paratriathlon Series,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2019_yokohama_itu_world_paratriathlon_series/336849|title=Results: PTS5 Women {{!}} 2019 Yokohama ITU World Paratriathlon Series|last=Union|first=International Triathlon|website=Triathlon.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref> the Tokyo ITU Paratriathlon World Cup<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2019_tokyo_itu_paratriathlon_world_cup/345275|title=Results: PTS5 Women {{!}} 2019 Tokyo ITU Paratriathlon World Cup|last=Union|first=International Triathlon|website=Triathlon.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref> and the Valencia ETU Paratriathlon European Championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2019_valencia_etu_paratriathlon_european_championships/338777|title=Results: PTS5 Women {{!}} 2019 Valencia ETU Paratriathlon European Championships|last=Union|first=International Triathlon|website=Triathlon.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref> However, her greatest achievements of the year saw her win gold at the GBR Paratriathlon National Championships,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2018_gbr_paratriathlon_national_championships1/346195|title=Results: PTS5 Women {{!}} 2019 GBR Paratriathlon National Championships|last=Union|first=International Triathlon|website=Triathlon.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref> the Groupe Copley World Paratriathlon Series Montreal<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2019_montreal_itu_world_paratriathlon_series/339264|title=Results: PTS5 Women {{!}} 2019 Groupe Copley World Paratriathlon Series Montreal|last=Union|first=International Triathlon|website=Triathlon.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref> and the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final in Lausanne<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2019_itu_world_triathlon_grand_final_lausanne/337830|title=Results: PTS5 Women {{!}} 2019 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Lausanne|last=Union|first=International Triathlon|website=Triathlon.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref> where she became ITU World Champion in the PTS5 classification.
Before the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Cashmore was tipped as a favourite for the Paratriathlon.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-03|title=Paratriathlon at the Paralympic Games: Date, time and how to watch on TV {{!}} Paratriathlon News|url=https://www.tri247.com/triathlon-news/para-triathlon/paralympic-paratriathlon-tokyo-2020-date-time-tv|access-date=2021-07-05|website=Tri247.com|language=en-GB}}</ref> She ultimately won bronze, with compatriot Lauren Steadman taking the gold.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tokyo Paralympics: Great Britain's Hannah Cockroft wins third successive 100m gold |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/58372936 |access-date=10 August 2022}}</ref>
==Personal life== Cashmore was born on 21 May 1988 in Redditch, England,<ref name = "BritishSwimming" /> without a left forearm.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.abilityvability.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13%3Aclaire-cashmore&catid=1&Itemid=2&lang=en|publisher=NASUWT|title=Claire Cashmore – Swimming|accessdate=13 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830224434/http://www.abilityvability.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13%3Aclaire-cashmore&catid=1&Itemid=2&lang=en|archive-date=30 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> She attended Dubai English Speaking School from 1994 and Hagley Catholic High School in Hagley, Worcestershire. Cashmore graduated from the University of Leeds in 2011 with a bachelor's degree in linguistics and phonetics.<ref name=":0"/>
Cashmore was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to swimming.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=61803|supp=y|page=N16|date=31 December 2016}}</ref>
== Paratriathlon Competitions == The following list of results.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/athletes/results/115542/claire_cashmore|title=Triathlon.org|last=Union|first=International Triathlon|website=Triathlon.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref> Unless indicated otherwise, the competitions are paratriathlons. {| class="wikitable sortable" !Date !Competition !Rank |- |2019-09-14 |Valencia ETU Paratriathlon European Championships |2 |- |2019-09-01 |ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Lausanne |1 |- |2019-08-17 |Tokyo ITU Paratriathlon World Cup |2 |- |2019-06-28 |Groupe Copley World Paratriathlon Series Montreal |1 |- |2019-05-27 |GBR Paratriathlon National Championships |1 |- |2019-05-18 |Yokohama ITU World Paratriathlon Series |2 |- |2018-09-15 |ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Gold Coast |2 |- |2018-07-28 |GBR Paratriathlon National Championships |1 |- |2018-07-19 |Tartu ETU Triathlon European Championships |2 |- |2018-06-30 |Iseo-Franciacorta ITU World Paratriathlon Series |2 |- |2018-05-28 |Eton Dorney ITU Paratriathlon World Cup |2 |- |2017-09-15 |ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Rotterdam |6 |- |2017-08-28 |GBR Paratriathlon National Championships |1 |- |2017-07-28 |Edmonton ITU World Paratriathlon Series |4 |- |2017-07-02 |Altafulla ITU Paratriathlon World Cup |1 |} <small> DNF = Did not finish</small>
<small> DNS = Did not start</small>
<small> DSQ = Disqualified</small>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{World Triathlon}} * {{IPC profile}} * {{BPA profile|claire-cashmore}} * {{Instagram}}
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