Abby Kane

Abby Kane
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (2003-08-04) 4 August 2003
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
ClubUniversity of Stirling
CoachJosh Williamson
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de Janeiro100m backstroke S13

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]

Career

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 also came 6th in the 400m Freestyle and finished 6th in the 50m freestyle heats. 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

  1. ↑ "Kane, Abby". paralympics.org.uk. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  2. 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.
  3. ↑ "Paralympics: Abby Kane and Andrew Mullen add to GB medals". BBC Sport. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
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