Abby Kane
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||
| Born | 4 August 2003 | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||
| Club | North Ayrshire Amateur Swimming Club | ||||||||||||
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]
References
- ↑ "Kane, Abby". paralympics.org.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- 1 2 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.
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