Grace Harvey Para-Swimmer

  • DOB

    31 Aug 1998
  • Coach

    Aled Davies
  • Club

    NPC Manchester
  • Main event

    Breaststroke
  • Best result

    Paralympic Champion
  • Medals (INT/NAT)

    • 5
    • 5
    • 6
Grace Harvey 2023 cut

Grace Harvey has achieved podium success at multiple major internationals in recent years - swimming to a superb SB5 100m Breaststroke silver at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo, and the following year becoming world champion in the event at Madeira 2022.

Grace took a hat-trick of medals at her first Para Swimming World Championships in 2022, with SB5 100m Breaststroke gold accompanied by SM6 200m Individual Medley silver and S6 100m Freestyle bronze. Harvey will be aiming to retain her world title at Manchester 2023 after her inclusion was confirmed in following her performances at the Sheffield leg of the World Series in March. 

Harvey, who trains at the British Para-Swimming National Performance Centre in Manchester, undertook a busy programme at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games that included five individual events, four finals, and secured a brilliant SB5 100m Breaststroke silver on her first Games appearance.

Her full senior international debut came at the 2018 World Para Swimming European Championships in Dublin. There, she claimed a bronze medal in the S6 100m Backstroke and demonstrating her ever-growing talent, as well as delivering a number of finals swims throughout the meet.

Long Course
Event Year Time/Score Record
S6 100m Freestyle 2018 1:13.50
S6 400m Freestyle 2018 5:29.66
S6 100m Backstroke 2022 1:28.13
SM6 200m Individual Medley 2022 2:59.75
SB5 100m Breaststroke 2022 1:41.19 BR
Short Course
Event Year Time/Score Record
S6 100m Freestyle 2017 1:15.61
S6 400m Freestyle 2017 5:35.84
S6 100m Backstroke 2017 1:29.78
SM6 200m Individual Medley 2017 3:06.24
S6 50m Butterfly 2024 38.36
Paralympic Games
Event Year Time/Score Result
SM6 200m Individual Medley 2024 - Paris 3:04.35 4th
SB5 100m Breaststroke 2024 - Paris 1:42.33 Gold
S6 50m Butterfly 2024 - Paris 40.23 9th
SM6 200m Individual Medley 2021 - Tokyo 3:05.58 6th
SB5 100m Breaststroke 2021 - Tokyo 1:42.22 Silver
S6 50m Butterfly 2021 - Tokyo 41.18 11th
S6 400m Freestyle 2021 - Tokyo 5:36.86 7th
S6 100m Backstroke 2021 - Tokyo 1:31.10 12th
34pts 4x100m Freestyle 2021 - Tokyo DSQ
IPC World Championships
Event Year Time/Score Result
SB5 100m Breaststroke 2023 - Manchester 1:45.39 Silver
SM6 200m Individual Medley 2023 - Manchester 3:04.69 4th
S6 100m Backstroke 2023 - Manchester 1.29.36 6th
Mixed 34pts 4x100m Freestyle Relay 2023 - Manchester 4:22.24 8th
S6 100m Backstroke 2022 - Madeira 1:28.13 4th
S6 100m Freestyle 2022 - Madeira 1:14.60 Bronze
SM6 200m Individual Medley 2022 - Madeira 3:02.10 Silver
SB5 100m Breaststroke 2022 - Madeira 1:41.19 Gold
Mixed 20pts 4x50m Medley Relay 2022 - Madeira 2:54.05 5th
European Championships
Event Year Time/Score Result
SB5 100m Breaststroke 2024 - Madeira 1:43.84 Gold
S6 100m Freestyle 2024 - Madeira 1:18.16 Silver
S6 400m Freestyle 2024 - Madeira 5:34.37 4th
S6 50m Butterfly 2024 - Madeira 38.73 5th
S6 100m Freestyle 2018 - Dublin 1:14.62 4th
S6 400m Freestyle 2018 - Dublin 5:32.60 4th
S6 100m Backstroke 2018 - Dublin 1:30.17 Bronze
SM6 200m Individual Medley 2018 - Dublin 3:10.43 6th
Commonwealth Games
Event Year Time/Score Result
SB6 100m Breaststroke 2022 - Birmingham 1:43.29 Silver
Aquatics GB Swimming Championships
Event Year Time/Score Result
MC 50m Butterfly 2024 - London 38.36 Gold
MC 50m Freestyle 2024 - London 36.06 5th
MC 200m Individual Medley 2024 - London 3:07.36 6th
MC 100m Breaststroke 2024 - London 1:43.94 5th
British Para-Swimming International Meet
Event Year Time/Score Result
MC 200m Individual Medley 2023 - Sheffield 3:05.31 Bronze
MC 100m Breaststroke 2023 - Sheffield 1:45.37 5th
MC 400m Freestyle 2023 - Sheffield 5:39.30 15th
MC 100m Breaststroke 2022 - Aberdeen 1:45.32 Bronze
MC 200m Individual Medley 2021 - Sheffield 3:01.01 Gold
MC 100m Breaststroke 2021 - Sheffield 1:43.82 Bronze
MC 400m Freestyle 2021 - Sheffield 5:37.25 Bronze
MC 100m Freestyle 2018 - Sheffield 1:15.48 14th
MC 400m Freestyle 2018 - Sheffield 5:37.65 10th
MC 100m Backstroke 2018 - Sheffield 1:31.81
MC 50m Butterfly 2018 - Sheffield 40.31 4th
MC 200m Individual Medley 2018 - Sheffield 3:14.19 28th
MC 50m Freestyle 2017 - Sheffield 36.66 21st
MC 100m Freestyle 2017 - Sheffield 1:16.93 17th
MC 400m Freestyle 2017 - Sheffield 5:44.67 7th
MC 100m Backstroke 2017 - Sheffield 1:31.66 11th
MC 50m Butterfly 2017 - Sheffield 42.37 10th
MC 200m Individual Medley 2017 - Sheffield 3:16.67 20th
MC 100m Freestyle 2016 - Glasgow 1:15.32 9th
MC 100m Breaststroke 2016 - Glasgow 1:53.46 15th
MC 400m Freestyle 2016 - Glasgow 5:42.06 9th
MC 50m Butterfly 2016 -Glasgow 40.74 5th
MC 200m Individual Medley 2016 - Glasgow 3:14.19 16th
MC 50m Freestyle 2015 - Glasgow 36.70 28th
MC 100m Freestyle 2015 - Glasgow 1:19.03 18th
MC 100m Backstroke 2015 - Glasgow 1:31.44 12th
MC 50m Butterfly 2015 - Glasgow 41.19 7th