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Abby Kane

Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(2003-08-04) 4 August 2003 (age 21)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke
Club	University of Stirling
Coach	Josh Williamson
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Great Britain Paralympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100m backstroke S13

Abby Kane (born 4 August 2003) is a British Paralympic swimmer competing as a S13 classification swimmer, mainly in backstroke events.

Kane has Stargardt disease, a condition leading to progressive vision deterioration.

She competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, where she won the silver medal in the 100m backstroke S13 event. She was the youngest member of ParalympicsGB at the 2016 Paralympics.

Since 2018 Kane has been training with North Ayrshire Swimming coached by Jess Wilkie.

References

1. "Kane, Abby". paralympics.org.uk. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
2. ^ Steinberg, Jacob (18 September 2016). "Abby Kane goes close but Ollie Hynd joins the gold rush for ParalympicsGB". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
3. "Paralympics: Abby Kane and Andrew Mullen add to GB medals". BBC Sport. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.

External links

• Abby Kane at the International Paralympic Committee
• Abby Kane at ParalympicsGB
• Abby Kane at Team Scotland
• Abby Kane at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

• 2003 births
• Living people
• Scottish female backstroke swimmers
• S13-classified para swimmers
• Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
• Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
• Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain
• Paralympic medalists in swimming
• Paralympic swimmers for Great Britain
• People educated at Largs Academy
• British female backstroke swimmers
• Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland
• 21st-century British sportswomen
• Scottish blind people
• 21st-century Scottish sportswomen