Kate Bailey

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Katherine Bailey
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Action close up of Bailey in the pool during competition at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Full nameKatherine Bailey
NicknameKate
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born13 February 1982 (1982-02-13) (age 43)
Sydney, New South Wales
Medal record
Swimming
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2000 Sydney Women's 100 m Butterfly S9
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2000 Sydney Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay 34 pts
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Athens Women's 100 m Butterfly S9
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Athens Women's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts
IPC Swimming World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1998 ChristchurchWomen's 200 m Individual Medley SM9
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1998 ChristchurchWomen's 200 m Butterfly S9
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2002 Mar Del PlataWomen's 100 m Butterfly S9
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2002 Mar Del PlataWomen's 200 m Individual Medley SM9
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2002 Mar Del PlataWomen's 4x100 m Medley Relay 34 pts
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2002 Mar Del PlataWomen's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay 34 pts

Katherine "Kate" Bailey (born 13 February 1982) [1] is a Paralympic medalist swimmer from Australia.

She competed in seven events and won two bronze medals at the 2000 Sydney Games in the women's 100 m butterfly S9 and women's 4 × 100 m medley 34 pts events. [2] At the 2004 Athens Games, she competed in four events and repeated her medal results from Sydney winning two bronze medals in the women's 100 m butterfly S9 and women's 4 × 100 m medley 34 pts events. [3] She competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England as part of the Australian women's team. [4] At the 2002 IPC Swimming World Championships in Mar Del Plata, Argentina she won three gold medals and one silver medal. [5]

She was coached by Graeme 'Grub' Carroll at the Warringah Aquatic Swim Club. [6] From 2002 to 2005 she was an Australian Institute of Sport paralympic swimming scholarship holder. [3] She was also a New South Wales Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

References

  1. Media guide : 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games. Sydney, Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2000.
  2. "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  3. 1 2 "AIS Roll of Honour for the Paralympics". Australian Sports Commission Website. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  4. Australian Swimming (2003). Australian Swimming 94th Annual Report 2002/2003 (PDF). Swimming Australia. pp. 92–95.
  5. Paralympics Australia (April 2004). "Swimming World Championships 2002". Paralympic History. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  6. Lyall, David (September 2004). "The team for Warrigah drive for Paralympic glory". ESwimmer (27). Archived from the original on 13 October 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
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