Kiera Aitken

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Kiera Aitken
Personal information
Full nameKiera Aitken
NationalityFlag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda
Born (1983-10-31) 31 October 1983 (age 42)
Devonshire, Bermuda
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke
College team Dalhousie University

Kiera Leigh Aitken (born 31 October 1983) [1] is an Olympic and national-record holding swimmer from Bermuda. [2] She is one of Bermuda's most successful swimmers, [3] and has twice been named Bermuda's Female Athlete of the Year (for 2004 and 2009). [4] She carried Bermuda's flag at the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Commonwealth Games and at the closing ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. [5]

She has swum for Bermuda at:

She swam in college at Canada's Dalhousie University. [6]

Aitken, who specialised in the 100-metre backstroke, attempted to qualify for her third Olympic Games in 2012 but was unsuccessful. In 2013, she announced her decision to retire from competitive swimming. [7]

References

  1. ↑ Aitken entry from Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2010-12/6.
  2. ↑ Kiera Aitken bio page Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine from the website of Bermuda'd Department of Youth, Sport and Recreation. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  3. ↑ Bermudian Profiles: Kiera Aitken from Bernews. Retrieved 2010–12.06.
  4. ↑ Bermuda Athletes of the Year from Bernews. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  5. ↑ Thompson, Colin (15 May 2021). "Kiera Aitken applauds Madelyn Moore as her record is finally broken". The Royal Gazette. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  6. ↑ Living the Olympic dream by Keri Irwin, Dal News. Published 2005-01-26. Retrieved 6 December 2010. Archived 23 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ Trott, Lawrence (7 January 2013). "Olympic swimmer Kiera calls it a day". The Royal Gazette. Retrieved 10 December 2025.


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