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
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born13 February 1982
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 in Sydney, New South Wales) [1] is a Paralympic swimming competitor 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 at the 2000 Sydney Games in the women's 100 m butterfly S9 and women's 4 × 100 m medley 34 pts events She competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England in elite athlete with a disability swimming events. [3] At the 2002 IPC Swimming World Championships in Mar Del Plata, Argentina she won three gold medals and one silver medal.

She was coached by Graeme 'Grub' Carroll at the Warringah Aquatic Swim Club. [4] From 2002 to 2004 she was an Australian Institute of Sport paralympic swimming scholarship holder. [5] Also she was a New South Wales Institute of Sport scholarship holder. [6]

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References

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