Lauren Steadman
Lauren Steadman is a British Paralympic athlete who has competed in three Summer Paralympics, in both swimming and the paratriathlon. She competed at both the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing and the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London as a swimmer, before switching to the paratriathlon for the 2016 Games in Rio where she won a silver medal in the Women's PT4.Life and career
Steadman was born in Peterborough in 1992. She has won medals in 2009 and in 2011 at the IPC European Championships. Her uncle was a triathlete and he suggested she try it. Steadman was educated at Great Gidding Primary School, Mount Kelly in Tavistock, Devon, and completed a BSc Psychology degree, followed by a master's degree in Business and Management at the University of Portsmouth.
On 20 August 2018 it was announced that Steadman would be a contestant on series 16 of the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with AJ Pritchard. She made it to the Semi Final but was eliminated against Ashley Roberts and Pasha Kovalev in the Dance-Off. She went on to perform in the live version of the show.
Lauren Steadman completed and was 1 of 2 finalists in SAS: Who Dares Wins Celebrities 2020.In 2013 and 2014 she won medals at the European Championships Paratriathlon. In 2014, she won the London World Series Paratriathlon, gained a degree in Psychology and became the World Champion Paratriathlete in Edmonton, Canada.
Paratriathlon became an Olympic sport at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. Steadman took the Silver medal behind Grace Norman of the USA.
