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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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Kindred's husband is fellow British Paralympic gold medal winning swimmer [[Sascha Kindred]]. Together the pair, who live in [[Herefordshire]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Prime|first=Richard|title=Herefordshire Paralympian Sascha Kindred's Royal date|url=http://www.herefordtimes.com/sport/9722550.Herefordshire_Paralympian_Sascha_Kindred_s_Royal_date/?ref=rss|work=Hereford Times|accessdate=26 July 2012}}</ref> |
Kindred's husband is fellow British Paralympic gold medal winning swimmer [[Sascha Kindred]]. Together the pair, who live in [[Herefordshire]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Prime|first=Richard|title=Herefordshire Paralympian Sascha Kindred's Royal date|url=http://www.herefordtimes.com/sport/9722550.Herefordshire_Paralympian_Sascha_Kindred_s_Royal_date/?ref=rss|work=Hereford Times|accessdate=26 July 2012}}</ref> are known as the "golden couple" of British disability swimming.<ref>{{cite news |title=Paralympic challengers: Sascha Kindred and Nyree Lewis |publisher=[[BBC|BBC Sport]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/7589623.stm |accessdate=2008-09-16 | date=2008-09-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kindred joining Lewis in glory bid |publisher=[[Worcester News]] |url=http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/sport/3650707.Kindred_joining_Lewis_in_glory_bid/ |accessdate=2008-09-16}}</ref> The couple's first child, Ella, was born in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sascha and Nyree Kindred are the proud parents of baby daughter Ella Rhiannon|publisher=Hereford Times |url=http://www.herefordtimes.com/sport/9104979.County_Paralympic_swimming_stars_welcome_a_new_baby_girl_into_the_family/ |date=24 June 2011|accessdate=24 April 2012}}</ref> Kindred was appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=59090 |date=13 June 2009 |startpage=19 |supp=yes }}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
Revision as of 08:20, 15 August 2012
Personal information | |
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Full name | Nyree Elise Kindred |
Nationality | Welsh |
Born | Rhondda, Wales | 21 September 1980
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Club | Leominster Kingfisher[1] |
Medal record |
Nyree Elise Kindred MBE (née Lewis; born 21 September 1980 in Rhondda, Wales)[2] is a Welsh swimmer who has competed in the Paralympic Games on three occasions winning nine medals.
Early life
Kindred took up swimming at the age of 5, having been taken to a swimming pool by her aunt.[3] Kindred has a form of cerebral palsy and therefore competes in the S6 (butterfly, backstroke, freestyle), SM6 (medley)and SB5 (breaststroke) classifications.[4][5]
Paralympic career
Kindred's first appearance at a Paralympics came at the 2000 Games in Sydney, where she won 3 medals, 2 silver and a bronze.[6]
At the 2004 Summer Paralympics Kindred won her first Paralympic gold medal in the S6 100 metres backstroke event,[7] in a new Paralympic record time of 1:32.03.[8] She followed this up with another gold in the 4×50 m medley 20 pts relay, silver medals in both the 100 m breaststroke SB5[9] and 200 m SM6 individual medley, and a bronze in the 400 m freestyle S6.[6]
In the 100 metres S6 backstroke at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing Kindred was, surprisingly, beaten into second place by Dutch swimmer Mirjam de Koning-Peper. Kindred explained her defeat by saying ""My legs were spasming, but to be honest, there are no excuses for that, ... I should have gone quicker but it just wasn't there tonight".[10] In addition to this medal winning performance Kindred also reached the finals of the 100 m breaststroke SB5 (finishing 4th), 200 m SM6 individual medley (finishing 6th) and 400 m freestyle S6 (finishing 6th). In April 2012 she qualified for the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[11]
On top of her success at the Paralympics, Kindred has won seven IPC World Championship medals and seven European Championship medals.[1]
Personal life
Kindred's husband is fellow British Paralympic gold medal winning swimmer Sascha Kindred. Together the pair, who live in Herefordshire,[12] are known as the "golden couple" of British disability swimming.[13][14] The couple's first child, Ella, was born in 2011.[15] Kindred was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours.[16]
See also
- List of Paralympic records in swimming
- Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Swimming at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Swimming at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Notes
- ^ a b "British Swimming and the asa: Nyree Lewis". British Swimming. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
- ^ "Athlete Biography". The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ "Nyree Lewis Interview". Parasport.org.uk. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ "Athlete Biography". Sports Council of Wales website. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 2008-08-28. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ a b Nyree Kindred at the International Paralympic Committee
- ^ "Lewis sparks double celebration". BBC Sport. 2004-09-21. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ "Lewis delight at first gold". BBC Sport. 2004-09-21. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ "Lewis claims third medal". BBC Sport. 2004-09-24. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ "Kindred claims fifth gold in pool". BBC Sport. 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ "Welsh athletes that have been selected for the 2012 Paralympics in London". BBC Sport. 12 April 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
- ^ Prime, Richard. "Herefordshire Paralympian Sascha Kindred's Royal date". Hereford Times. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ^ "Paralympic challengers: Sascha Kindred and Nyree Lewis". BBC Sport. 2008-09-02. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ "Kindred joining Lewis in glory bid". Worcester News. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ "Sascha and Nyree Kindred are the proud parents of baby daughter Ella Rhiannon". Hereford Times. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
- ^ "No. 59090". The London Gazette (invalid
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External links
- 'The Golden Couple' - A blog written by Sascha Kindred's brother detailing the progress of him and Lewis
- British Swimming athlete profile
- Living people
- 1980 births
- Welsh swimmers
- Paralympic swimmers of Great Britain
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain
- Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain
- World record holders in paralympic swimming
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- People from Rhondda