Clare Cunningham (athlete)

Clare Cunningham
Personal information
Nationality  United Kingdom
Born (1977-06-15) 15 June 1977
Hillingdon, UK
Height 5'6"

Clare Cunningham (née Bishop) (born 15 Jun 1977) is a paratriathlete and former Paralympic swimmer representing Great Britain.[1] She was born without her left forearm.[2]

Cunningham first swam in international competition at the age of 13, at the 1990 World Games for the Disabled in Assen, The Netherlands.[3] At the 1992 Summer Paralympics, Cunningham won the Women's S9 50m freestyle event in what was then World Record time.[4] She won silver medals in 100m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and 4 × 100 m medley relay events.[5] She competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics but did not win a medal.[5] She retired from swimming after the Atlanta Paralympic games.[1]

In 2006, Cunningham turned to triathlon.[1][2] Initially competing in age-group races against non-disabled triathletes, she discovered paratriathlon in 2009.[1][6] Classified as a TRI-4 (arm-impaired) paratriathlete, she became the 2009 ITU European Paratriathlon Champion and 2009 World Paratriathlon Champion in her class.[7] She placed second at the ITU World Paratriathlon Championships in 2010, 2011 and 2012.[7]

In late 2012, Cunningham was elected to the International Triathlon Union Athletes Committee. She and South African Oswald Kydd, elected on the same day, are the first-ever paratriathlete representatives on the ITU Athletes Committee.[8][9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Clare Cunningham". International Triathlon Union. Retrieved 18 Jan 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Clare Cunningham: 2009 World Champion". British Triathlon. Retrieved 18 Jan 2013.
  3. "Clare Cunningham: FAQ". Retrieved 18 Jan 2013.
  4. "Barcelona 1992 Paralympic Games - Swimming - Women's 50 m Freestyle S9". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 Jan 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Paralympic Games: Athlete Search Results: Clare Bishop". International Paralympic Committee.
  6. "Discovering paratriathlon". Clare Cunningham. Retrieved 18 Jan 2013.
  7. 1 2 "Clare Cunningham: Results". International Triathlon Union. Retrieved 18 Jan 2013.
  8. "Clare Cunningham elected to ITU Athletes’ Committee". British Triathlon. Retrieved 18 Jan 2013.
  9. "Committees". International Triathlon Union. 26 Dec 2012.

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