Toni Shaw
Club:
University of Stirling
At 14 years old Toni was the youngest athlete named for Team Scotland for Gold Coast 2018 where she finished 5th in both 100m Freestyle S9 champ; 100m Backstroke Para-Sport S9, 6th in the 200m Individual Medley Para Sport SM10 event and 7th in the 100m Breaststroke Para Sport SB9 event.
2018 was a breakthrough year as Toni followed her first Commonwealth Games appearance with six medals, including gold in the S9 00m Freestyle and Women's 34pt 4x100m Medley Relay at the European Para-Swimming Championships in Dublin. A year later she made a sensational World Championship debut with two gold, two silver and two bronze and made her Paraplympic debut at Tokyo 2020, wining bronze in the 400m Freestyle S9.
Toni returned for her second Commonwealth Games at Birmingham 2022, winning a bronze medal in the Women's 100m Freestyle S9. She went on to win 400m Freestyle S9 gold at the 2022 World Championships, her first individual world title after 4 x 100 Medley and 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay golds as part of her six-medal haul in 2019.