Abby Kane
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 August 2003 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||
| Club | University of Stirling | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Josh Williamson | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Abby Kane (born 4 August 2003) is a British Paralympic swimmer competing as a S13 classification swimmer, mainly in backstroke events.[1]
Kane has Stargardt disease, a condition leading to progressive vision deterioration.[2] In her first Paralympics, the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Kane won the silver medal in the 100m backstroke S13 event.[3] She was the youngest member of ParalympicsGB at the 2016 Paralympics.[2]
Since 2018 Abby has been training with North Ayrshire Swimming coached by Jess Wilkie.
References[edit]
- ^ "Kane, Abby". paralympics.org.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ^ a b Steinberg, Jacob (18 September 2016). "Abby Kane goes close but Ollie Hynd joins the gold rush for ParalympicsGB". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ^ "Paralympics: Abby Kane and Andrew Mullen add to GB medals". BBC Sport. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
Categories:
- 2003 births
- Living people
- English female swimmers
- S13-classified para swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain
- Visually impaired category Paralympic competitors
- Paralympic medalists in swimming
- Paralympic swimmers for Great Britain
- People educated at Largs Academy
- British female backstroke swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland
- 21st-century British women
- English blind people