Keira Stephens (swimming) made her Commonwealth Games debut in Birmingham where she won bronze in the women’s 200m individual medley SM10 behind teammate Jasmine Greenwood.

Keira was born without any fingers on her left hand. Her mother was a swim instructor so Keira spent most weekday afternoons at her swimming lessons as a youngster.

Keira joined the Fraser Coast Swim Club in 2010, before moving to the Hervey Bay Swimming Club in 2015 where she started swimming competitively. Within three years, Keira made her international debut, claiming silver in the women’s 100m breaststroke SB9 at the 2018 Para Pan Pacs in Cairns.

She was then selected for the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships, making four finals and taking six seconds off her PB in finishing sixth in the 200m individual medley SM10. She made her Paralympic debut at Tokyo 2020, taking bronze in the 100m breaststroke S9. Keira was also part of the bronze-medal winning 4x100m medley relay 34 points team in Tokyo.