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Nyree Kindred
Personal information
Full nameNyree Elise Kindred
NationalityWelsh
Born (1980-09-21) 21 September 1980 (age 43)
Rhondda, Wales
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubLeominster Kingfisher[1]
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Women's swimming
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 100 m backstroke S6
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 4×50 m medley 20 pts
Silver medal – second place 2012 London 100 m backstroke S6
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney 100 m backstroke S6
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens 100 m breaststroke SB5
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens 200 m ind. medley SM6
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 100 m backstroke S6
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney 100 m breaststroke SB5
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney 400 m freestyle S6
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney 4×50 m medley 20 pts

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 four occasions winning ten 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

Notes

  1. ^ a b "British Swimming and the asa: Nyree Lewis". British Swimming. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
  2. ^ "Athlete Biography". The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
  3. ^ "Nyree Lewis Interview". Parasport.org.uk. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
  4. ^ "Athlete Biography". Sports Council of Wales website. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
  5. ^ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 2008-08-28. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
  6. ^ a b Nyree Kindred at the International Paralympic Committee Edit this at Wikidata
  7. ^ "Lewis sparks double celebration". BBC Sport. 2004-09-21. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
  8. ^ "Lewis delight at first gold". BBC Sport. 2004-09-21. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
  9. ^ "Lewis claims third medal". BBC Sport. 2004-09-24. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
  10. ^ "Kindred claims fifth gold in pool". BBC Sport. 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
  11. ^ "Welsh athletes that have been selected for the 2012 Paralympics in London". BBC Sport. 12 April 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  12. ^ Prime, Richard. "Herefordshire Paralympian Sascha Kindred's Royal date". Hereford Times. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  13. ^ "Paralympic challengers: Sascha Kindred and Nyree Lewis". BBC Sport. 2008-09-02. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
  14. ^ "Kindred joining Lewis in glory bid". Worcester News. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
  15. ^ "Sascha and Nyree Kindred are the proud parents of baby daughter Ella Rhiannon". Hereford Times. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  16. ^ "No. 59090". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 13 June 2009.

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