Clare Cunningham (athlete)

Clare Bishop (formerly Cunningham; born 15 June 1977) is a retired Paralympic swimmer and triathlete who represented Great Britain.

[2] Bishop first swam in international competition at the age of 13, at the 1990 World Championships and Games for the Disabled in Assen, The Netherlands.

[3] At the 1992 Summer Paralympics, Bishop won the Women's S9 50m freestyle event in what was then World Record time.

She and South African Oswald Kydd, elected on the same day, are the first-ever paratriathlete representatives on the ITU Athletes Committee.

[11] Since retiring, Bishop has gained an MSc in Sport and Exercise Psychology with distinction from Loughborough University.