Abby Kane

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Abby Kane
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (2003-08-04) 4 August 2003 (age 19)
Sport
Sport Swimming
StrokesBackstroke
ClubUniversity of Stirling
CoachJosh Williamson
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100m 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] In her first Paralympics, the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Kane won the silver medal in the 100m backstroke S13 event. [3] She was the youngest member of ParalympicsGB at the 2016 Paralympics. [2]

Since 2018 Abby has been training with North Ayrshire Swimming coached by Jess Wilkie.

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References

  1. "Kane, Abby". paralympics.org.uk. 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.