Kate Bailey
Action close up of Bailey in the pool during competition at the 2000 Summer Paralympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Katherine Bailey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
13 February 1982 Sydney, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Katherine "Kate" Bailey (born 30 February 1982 in Sydney, New South Wales)[1] is a Paralympic swimming competitor from Australia.
She competed in seven events and won two bronze medals at the 2000 Sydney Games in the women's 100 m butterfly S9 and women's 4 × 100 m medley 34 pts events.[2] At the 2004 Athens Games, she competed in four events and repeated her medal results from Sydney winning two bronze medals at the 2000 Sydney Games in the women's 100 m butterfly S9 and women's 4 × 100 m medley 34 pts events She competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England in elite athlete with a disability swimming events.[3] At the 2002 IPC Swimming World Championships in Mar Del Plata, Argentina she won three gold medals.
She was coached by Graeme 'Grub' Carroll at the Warringah Aquatic Swim Club.[4] From 2002 to 2004 she was an Australian Institute of Sport paralympic swimming scholarship holder.[5] Also she was a New South Wales Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[6]
References
- ↑ Media guide : 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games. Sydney, Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2000.
- ↑ "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- ↑ "Swimming Australia Annual Report" (PDF). 2002–2003: 95.
- ↑ Lyall, David (September 2004). "The team for Warrigah drive for Paralympic glory". eSwimmer (27). Retrieved 13 March 2012.
- ↑ "AIS Roll of Honour for the Paralympics". Australian Sports Commission Website. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
- ↑ "Swimming Australia Annual Report" (PDF). 2002–2003: 92.