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Poppy Maskill

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Poppy Maskill, born Poppy Willow Maskill on 22 March 2005 in Cheshire and raised in Middlewich, is a British Paralympic swimmer who competes in the S14, SM14 and SB14 classifications for swimmers with intellectual impairments. She won three gold and two silver medals at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, making her ParalympicsGB's most successful athlete at the Games. She has two sisters. At the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham she finished fourth in the 200 metre freestyle S14, behind her English teammates Jessica-Jane Applegate and Louise Fiddes, with the Northern Irish swimmer Bethany Firth taking gold.

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Birth Year
2005 1
Gender
Female 1
Medals or Titles Band
2-4 1
Gold Medals
3 1
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Competition Category
Para or Adaptive 1
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Poppy Willow Maskill (born 22 March 2005) is a British Paralympic swimmer.
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    (born 22 March 2005)
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    Maskill competes in the S14, SM14 and SB14 classifications for swimmers with intellectual impairments.
  • Lead, competition category
    Poppy Willow Maskill (born 22 March 2005) is a British Paralympic swimmer.
  • Lead, gold medals
    She won three gold and two silver medals at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, making her ParalympicsGB's most successful athlete at the Games.
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