Abby Kane

Region

Largs, North Ayrshire
Date of Birth

03/08/2003
Classification

S13

Abby started swimming after a family trip to Australia when she was a child. On that trip the family visited water parks but Abby couldn’t participate, so when she returned home she had swimming lessons. She was about seven years old at the time, and was inspired by her older brother, Fraser. She went on to compete in the S13 classification for visually impaired swimmers.

At the 2016 British Para-Swimming International Meet, 12 year-old Abby put herself in the mix for selection by twice lowering the British record in the 100m backstroke S13.

As ParalympicsGB’s youngest Rio team member, Abby made it a Paralympic Games she will never forget as she secured 100m backstroke S13 silver.

The 13-year-old touched the wall in 1:09.30, exactly one second after gold medallist Anna Stetsenko of the Ukraine who set a new Paralympic record.

Major Results

Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

100m backstroke S13: silver
400m freestyle S13: 6th
50m freestyle S13: 6th (heat 1)

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