Medi Harris

Medi Eira Harris (born 15 September 2002) is a Welsh international swimmer competing for Great Britain and Wales in backstroke and freestyle. She was part of the gold medal-winning women's 4x100 freestyle relay team at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships. Representing Wales at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she won a bronze medal in the women's 100 metre backstroke.[1][2]

Medi Harris
Personal information
Full nameMedi Eira Harris
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Born (2002-09-15) 15 September 2002
Porthmadog, Gwynedd, Wales
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2022 Rome 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2022 Rome100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2022 Rome 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2022 Rome4×100 m mixed medley
Representing  Wales
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place2022 Birmingham100 m backstroke

Biography

Harris won two medals at the 2022 British Swimming Championships: gold in the 100m backstroke , and silver in the 50m backstroke[3] She subsequently represented Great Britain at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships.[4]

She was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where she competed in two events: the women's 50m backstroke and the women's 100m backstroke, winning a bronze medal in the latter.[1][3]

At the 2022 European Aquatics Championships in Rome, she won a silver medal in the final of the Women's 100 metre backstroke and another as a member of the British team in the Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay.[5] At the same championships, she won gold as a member of the British Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay team, and bronze as a member of the Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay team.

References
  1. "Official Commonwealth Games profile". Birmingham Organising Committee Commonwealth Games Ltd. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  2. "Medi Harris". Eurosport. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  3. "Team Wales profile". Team Wales. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  4. "british Swimming profile". British Swimming. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  5. "Great Britain win first gold..." Eurosport. Retrieved 22 August 2022.


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