Kate Bailey

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Katherine Bailey

Action close up of Bailey in the pool during competition at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Full name	Katherine Bailey
Nickname	Kate
Nationality	Australia
Born	13 February 1982 (1982-02-13) (age 43) Sydney, New South Wales
Medal record Swimming Paralympic Games 2000 Sydney Women's 100 m Butterfly S9 2000 Sydney Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay 34 pts 2004 Athens Women's 100 m Butterfly S9 2004 Athens Women's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts IPC Swimming World Championships 1998 Christchurch Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM9 1998 Christchurch Women's 200 m Butterfly S9 2002 Mar Del Plata Women's 100 m Butterfly S9 2002 Mar Del Plata Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM9 2002 Mar Del Plata Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay 34 pts 2002 Mar Del Plata Women'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. "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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