Megan Shackleton

Megan Shackleton

Personal information
Born	(1999-03-21) 21 March 1999 (age 25) Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Para table tennis
Disability	Spinal cord injury
Medal record Para table tennis Representing  Great Britain Paralympic Games 2020 Tokyo Teams C4-5 World Team Championships 2017 Bratislava Teams C4-5 European Championships 2015 Vejle Teams C4-5 2019 Helsingborg Teams C4-5

Megan Shackleton (born 21 March 1999) is a British Paralympic table tennis player. She won bronze in the Women's Team – Class 4–5 at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo with Sue Bailey. She is also a World bronze medallist and a double European bronze medallist.^[1]

Shackleton was once a competitive swimmer and focused on participating in the Olympics. However, she had a spinal fracture in a machinery-related accident at the age of nine, which left her reliant on a wheelchair. In 2011, aged 12, she began playing para table tennis after visiting an open public sporting event in Leeds and trying out the sport. Two years later, she joined the GB para table tennis team.^[2]

References

1. "Megan Shackleton – IPTTC Profile". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
2. "Megan Shackleton – British Para Table Tennis". British Para Table Tennis. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.

External links

• Megan Shackleton at ITTF Para Table Tennis
• Megan Shackleton at the International Paralympic Committee
• Megan Shackleton at the IPC Tokyo 2020 website^{[dead link‍]}