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United Kingdom Alice Tai MBE is a Paralympic, World, European, and Commonwealth champion who has consistently achieved top results in para-swimming.
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Alice Tai MBE, born on January 31, 1999, in Poole, England, began her swimming career at the age of eight. Diagnosed with bilateral talipes (clubfoot) at birth, she underwent 14 corrective operations before turning 12. Initially classified as an S10 swimmer in 2011, she quickly demonstrated her potential in disability swimming. Her early career saw her make significant progress, competing in the Brazil School Games in 2014 and securing gold in the 50m freestyle and backstroke S10 categories. Later that year, she made her international breakthrough at the IPC European Championships in Eindhoven, earning a gold medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay, along with a silver in the 100m backstroke S10 and a bronze in the 400m freestyle S10, marking her presence on the international stage at 15 years old.
Her career progressed with notable achievements, including a highly successful debut at the 2015 IPC World Championships in Glasgow, where she collected four medals, including a gold in the 34pt 4x100m Medley Relay and three bronzes. At the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, she earned a gold in the Women’s 34pts 4x100m Medley Relay and a bronze in the S10 100m Backstroke. Tai continued her medal-winning streak at the 2018 European Para Swimming Championships in Dublin, securing four gold medals, and at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, where she won gold in the 100m Backstroke and silver in the 100m Freestyle. Her performance at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London was particularly outstanding, as she secured seven gold medals across various events, cementing her status as a leading para-swimmer.
In January 2022, Tai underwent an amputation of her right leg below the knee due to worsening pain. Despite this, she made a rapid return to competition, winning a gold medal in the S8 100m backstroke at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham just months after her surgery. She continued her success at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships in Manchester with gold in the 100m Backstroke S8, silver in the 50m Freestyle S8, and bronze in the 100m Freestyle S8. The 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris saw her win two gold medals (50m freestyle S8, 100m backstroke S8), a silver (400m freestyle S8), and two bronze medals (100m butterfly S8, 200m individual medley SM8). Tai was appointed MBE in the 2017 New Year Honours and elevated to OBE in the 2025 New Year Honours for her contributions to swimming. She graduated from Middlesex University in 2023 with a BSc in Neuroscience.
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