paralympics gb staff - sportcentric
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Kenny Cairns<br />
First Sporting Success: 1976 National Games at Stoke<br />
Mandeville<br />
Finest Sporting Moment: Winning gold in the 100m<br />
freestyle at the Sydney 2000 Paralympics<br />
First GB Selection Year: 1978<br />
Favourite Sport Other than Swimming: Gymnastics<br />
Hobbies: Music<br />
Would Most like to Meet: Bruce Lee - but bringing him<br />
back from the dead might be the difficult bit!<br />
Most Prized Possessions: My kidneys<br />
Ambitions: To live until at least 47<br />
Toughest Opponent: Will probably be in Athens<br />
Tips to Relax: Do anything except swimming<br />
Where do you see yourself in 10 Years<br />
Wishing I was going to the 2016 Paralympics<br />
MAJOR INTERNATIONAL EVENTS:<br />
Date of Birth: 20.12.57<br />
Born: Paisley, Scotland<br />
Lives: Erskine<br />
Club: Port Glasgow Otters<br />
Classification:<br />
S3, SM3, SB2<br />
Coach: Eddie McCluskey<br />
Height: 1.80m<br />
Weight: 61kg<br />
Paralympic Games<br />
Sydney 2000: GOLD 100m Freestyle (S3), SILVER 200m<br />
Freestyle (S3), SILVER 50m Freestyle (S3),<br />
BRONZE 4x50m Freestyle<br />
Atlanta 1996: SILVER 50m Butterfly (S3)<br />
Barcelona 1992: SILVER 150m IM (SM4)<br />
Stoke Mandeville 1984: GOLD 50m Freestyle,<br />
GOLD 100m Freestyle, GOLD 200m Freestyle,<br />
GOLD 4x50m Freestyle<br />
World Championships<br />
Argentina 2002: GOLD 200m Freestyle (S3), BRONZE<br />
50m Freestyle (S3), BRONZE 4x50m Freestyle<br />
New Zealand 1998: 1 GOLD, 2 SILVER, 1 relay SILVER<br />
Malta 1994: GOLD 50m Freestyle (S3), GOLD 100m<br />
Freestyle (S3)<br />
European Championships<br />
Sweden 2001: GOLD 50m Freestyle (S3),<br />
GOLD 100m Freestyle (S3), GOLD 200m Freestyle (S3)<br />
Germany 1999: GOLD 50m Freestyle (S3),<br />
GOLD 100m Freestyle (S3), GOLD 200m Freestyle (S3)<br />
Spain 1997: 1 GOLD, 1 SILVER, 1 relay BRONZE<br />
Perpignan 1995: SILVER 50m Freestyle (S3), SILVER 200m<br />
Freestyle (S3), SILVER 150m IM (SM3)<br />
RECORDS HELD:<br />
50m Freestyle S3 Christchurch<br />
13/10/98 52.86 secs BR<br />
100m Freestyle S3 Greve<br />
11/03/00 1:54.03 secs BR<br />
200m Freestyle S3 Greve<br />
11/03/00 4:01.19 secs BR<br />
50m Butterfly S3 Barcelona<br />
11/09/92 1:16.56 secs BR<br />
150m IM SM3 High Wycombe<br />
14/03/92 4:00.26 secs BR<br />
4x50m Freestyle 20pts Mar Del Plata<br />
12/12/02 2:45.09 secs BR<br />
4x50m IM 20pts Stockholm<br />
28/10/00 3:01.34 secs BR<br />
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