Abby Kane (born 4 August 2003) is a British Paralympic swimmer competing as a S13 classification swimmer, mainly in backstroke events.[1]
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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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Kane has Stargardt disease, a condition leading to progressive vision deterioration.[2]
She competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, where she 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 Kane has been training with North Ayrshire Swimming coached by Jess Wilkie.
References
edit- ^ "Kane, Abby". paralympics.org.uk. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. 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.