Clare Cunningham

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clare Cunningham at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro

Clare Cunningham (born Clare Bishop on June 15, 1977 in Hillingdon , United Kingdom ) is a former British Paralympic swimmer and paratriathlete . As a swimmer, she won a gold medal in a world record time and four silver medals at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona . After the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta , she ended her swimming career to pursue her studies. In 2006 she started triathlon and was successful at several world championships.

Life

Cunningham was born without a left forearm. In 1989 she was accepted into the swimming pool of the British Paralympic Association . The following year, at the age of 13, she took part in an international competition for the first time, the 1990 World Disabled Games in Assen . At the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona , she managed to win the 50 m freestyle class S9 in a new world record time. She won silver medals over 100 m freestyle and 100 m backstroke in class S9 as well as in the 4x100 m freestyle relay and the 4x100 m medley relay in class S7-10. In 1994 he successfully participated in the World Swimming Championships of the International Paralympic Committee in Malta. In her class S9 she won gold over 100 m backstroke, silver over 100 m butterfly, bronze over 50 m freestyle, as well as bronze with the 4x100 m individual relay in class S7-10. After participating in the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta , where she could not build on her successes of 1992 and 1994, she ended her swimming career to devote herself to her studies.

In 2006, Cunningham began triathlon and initially competed in age-group competitions for non-disabled athletes. From 2009 she took part in paratriathlon competitions in classes TRI-4 and PT4, by 2016 she made it onto the podium 21 times in 24 starts. In 2009 she won gold medals in her class at the European Triathlon Union Championships in Holten, the Netherlands and at the International Triathlon Union World Championships in Gold Coast, Australia . Further gold medals followed in 2014 at the paratriathlon events in Besançon and Chicago and in 2015 in Buffalo City and Detroit . She came seventh at the 2016 Summer Paralympics .

At the end of 2012, Cunningham and the South African Oswald Kydd were elected to the Athletes Committee of the International Triathlon Union . They were the first paratriathletes to be elected to the athletes' committee. After retiring from competitive sports in 2016, she was a board member of the British Triathlon Federation and supported the British government agency UK Sport in preparing for the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Paralympics .

Web links

Commons : Clare Cunningham  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Profile Clare Cunningham. In: triathlon.org. Retrieved February 5, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Clare Cunningham. In: triathlon.org. July 30, 2009, accessed February 5, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Clare Bishop. In: paralympic.org. Retrieved February 5, 2020 .
  4. ^ Results Clare Cunningham. In: triathlon.org. Retrieved February 5, 2020 .
  5. ^ Clare Cunningham elected to ITU Athletes' Committee. In: britishtriathlon.org. November 2, 2012, accessed February 5, 2020 .
  6. ^ John Levison: Clare Cunningham selected for UK Sport Leadership Program. In: tri247.com. July 5, 2017, accessed February 5, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Cunningham, Clare
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bishop, Clare (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Paralympic swimmer and triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Hillingdon , UK