Megan Shackleton
Athlete Information
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Region
Todmorden
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Date of Birth
21/03/1999
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Classification
Women’s class 4 singles & women’s class 4-5 team
Athlete main content
Megan Shackleton’s sporting ambitions were originally focused on competing in the Olympics as a swimmer until she fractured her spine in a machinery–related accident which left her in a wheelchair at the age of nine. She started playing table tennis at the age of 12 at a Playground to Podium event in Leeds and joined the GB Pathway Squad in 2013, moving into the Performance Squad in April 2014.
Since making her international debut at the age of 14 Megan has continued to improve and with experienced team partner Sue Bailey (Gilroy) has won major medals at World and European level. In 2019 she broke into the top ten in her class for the first time and now combines her table tennis with studying for a degree in English Literature at the University of Sheffield. Megan won a bronze medal at her first Paralympic Games along with veteran team partner Sue Bailey in the Women’s Team Class 4-5 competition at Tokyo 2020 by defeating Jordan in a tense quarter-final before eventually succumbing to China in the semi-final.
Career Highlights
Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
- Women’s Team Class4-5: Bronze
2019: European Championships, Sweden – bronze, women’s teams (class 4-5); QF, women’s singles (class 4-5)
Japan Open – silver, women’s singles (class 4)
2018: World Championships, Slovenia – QF, women’s singles (class 4)
Czech Open – gold, women’s singles (class 4)
2017: World Team Championships, Slovakia – bronze, women’s class 4-5
2015: European Championships, Vejle, Denmark - bronze, women’s teams (class 4-5)
Czech Open - silver, women’s singles (class 4-5); silver, women’s teams (class 4-5)
Hungarian Open - gold, women’s singles (class 4-5); silver, women’s teams (class 1-5)
2014: Cote d’Azur International, France - gold, women’s singles (class 4-5); gold, women’s teams (class 4-5)
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