Nikita Howarth

Nikita Howarth
Personal information
Born (1998-12-24) 24 December 1998
Hamilton, New Zealand
Sport
Sport Swimming
Club Cambridge Swimming Club
Medal record
Women's swimming
Competitor for  New Zealand
Summer Paralympics
IPC World Championships
2013 Montreal 200m medley SM7
2015 Glasgow 200m medley SM7
2015 Glasgow 50m butterfly S7
2013 Montreal 50m butterfly S7

Nikita Howarth (born 24 December 1998) is a New Zealand Paralympic swimmer. On her debut at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Howarth became New Zealand's youngest ever Paralympian at age 13 years 8 months. In 2013, she won a gold medal and a bronze medal at the IPC Swimming World Championships in Montreal.[1][2]

Howarth was born in Hamilton, with a bilateral upper limb deficiency; both her arms end below the elbow and she has no hands.[1] She resides in the nearby satellite town of Cambridge and is a student at Cambridge High School.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Howarth claims first world title". Waikato Times. 20 August 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Swimming: Three more golds for NZ team". NZ Herald. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  3. ↑ Goile, Aaron (29 August 2013). "Nikita Howarth returns with Rio in her mind". Waikato Times (via Stuff.co.nz). Retrieved 15 September 2013.

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