Kirsty Balfour

Kirsty Balfour

Personal information
Full name	Kirsty Balfour
Nickname	"Balf"
National team	Great Britain
Born	(1984-02-21) 21 February 1984 (age 41) Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb; 9.6 st)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Club	City of Edinburgh
Medal record Women's swimming Representing Great Britain World Championships (LC) 2007 Melbourne 200 m breaststroke European Championships (LC) 2006 Budapest 200 m breaststroke 2006 Budapest 4×100 m medley 2006 Budapest 100 m breaststroke European Championships (SC) 2006 Helsinki 200 m breaststroke 2006 Helsinki 100 m breaststroke Representing   Scotland Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne 200 m breaststroke 2006 Melbourne 100 m breaststroke

Kirsty Balfour (born 21 February 1984), also known by her married name Kirsty Kettles, is a Scottish former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games, FINA world championships and European championships, and competed for Scotland in the Commonwealth Games. She specialized in breaststroke events.

She won a gold medal in the 200-metre breaststroke at the European Long-Course Championships in 2006, and took silver in same event at the World Championships in Melbourne in 2007.

She announced her retirement from swimming on 7 November 2008, stating she planned to do more work for her church. ^[1] She got married the following day. ^[2]

Personal bests and records held

Event	Long course	Short course
50 m breaststroke	29.08 (2006)	31.56 (2008)
100 m breaststroke	1:07.83 (2006)	1:06.37 (2008)
200 m breaststroke	2:24.04 (2006) NR	2:21.82 (2006) NR
Record Key NR:British

References

1. "Balfour steps down from swimming". British Swimming. 7 November 2008. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
2. "Wedding bells ring for retired Kirsty". British Swimming. 10 November 2008. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2008.

External links

• British Swimming athlete profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 6 November 2007)
• British Olympic Association athlete profile
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kirsty Balfour". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.