Nyree Lewis
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Nyree Lewis
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| Full name | Nyree Elise Kindred | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Welsh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 September 1980 Rhondda, Wales |
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| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Leominster Kingfisher[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nyree Elise Kindred MBE (née Lewis; born 21 September 1980 in Rhondda, Wales)[2] is a Welsh swimmer who has competed in the Paralympic Games on three occasions winning nine medals.
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Early life
Kindred took up swimming at the age of 5, having been taken to a swimming pool by her aunt.[3] Kindred has a form of cerebral palsy and therefore competes in the S6 (butterfly, backstroke, freestyle), SM6 (medley)and SB5 (breaststroke) classifications.[4][5]
Paralympic career
Kindred's first appearance at a Paralympics came at the 2000 Games in Sydney, where she won 3 medals, 2 silver and a bronze.[6]
At the 2004 Summer Paralympics Kindred won her first Paralympic gold medal in the S6 100 metres backstroke event,[7] in a new Paralympic record time of 1:32.03.[8] She followed this up with another gold in the 4×50 m medley 20 pts relay, silver medals in both the 100 m breaststroke SB5[9] and 200 m SM6 individual medley, and a bronze in the 400 m freestyle S6.[6]
In the 100 metres S6 backstroke at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing Kindred was, surprisingly, beaten into second place by Dutch swimmer Mirjam de Koning-Peper. Kindred explained her defeat by saying ""My legs were spasming, but to be honest, there are no excuses for that, ... I should have gone quicker but it just wasn't there tonight".[10] In addition to this medal winning performance Kindred also reached the finals of the 100 m breaststroke SB5 (finishing 4th), 200 m SM6 individual medley (finishing 6th) and 400 m freestyle S6 (finishing 6th). In April 2012 she successfully qualified for the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[11]
On top of her success at the Paralympics, Kindred has won seven IPC World Championship medals and seven European Championship medals.[1]
Personal life
Kindred's husband is fellow British Paralympic gold medal winning swimmer Sascha Kindred. Together the pair are known as the "golden couple" of British disability swimming.[12][13] The couple's first child, Ella, was born in 2011.[14] Kindred was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours.[15]
See also
- List of Paralympic records in swimming
- Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Swimming at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Swimming at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Notes
- ^ a b "British Swimming and the asa: Nyree Lewis". British Swimming. http://www.britishswimming.org/vsite/vcontent/page/custom/0,8510,5157-182882-200100-42946-270193-custom-item,00.html. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
- ^ "Athlete Biography". The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/BIO/Athlete/2/1210312.shtml. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ "Nyree Lewis Interview". Parasport.org.uk. http://www.parasport.org.uk/page.asp?section=000100010005001500030004. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ "Athlete Biography". Sports Council of Wales website. http://beijing2008.community.sequence.co.uk/1176. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 2008-08-28. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/7586684.stm. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ a b Nyree Lewis's profile on paralympic.org
- ^ "Lewis sparks double celebration". BBC Sport. 2004-09-21. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/3678556.stm. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ "Lewis delight at first gold". BBC Sport. 2004-09-21. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/3677624.stm. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ "Lewis claims third medal". BBC Sport. 2004-09-24. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/3688152.stm. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ "Kindred claims fifth gold in pool". BBC Sport. 2008-09-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/7602935.stm. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ "Welsh athletes that have been selected for the 2012 Paralympics in London". BBC Sport. 12 April 2012. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/17018032. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
- ^ "Paralympic challengers: Sascha Kindred and Nyree Lewis". BBC Sport. 2008-09-02. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/7589623.stm. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ "Kindred joining Lewis in glory bid". Worcester News. http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/sport/3650707.Kindred_joining_Lewis_in_glory_bid/. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ "Sascha and Nyree Kindred are the proud parents of baby daughter Ella Rhiannon". Hereford Times. 24 June 2011. http://www.herefordtimes.com/sport/9104979.County_Paralympic_swimming_stars_welcome_a_new_baby_girl_into_the_family/. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 59090. p. 19. 13 June 2009.
External links
- 'The Golden Couple' - A blog written by Sascha Kindred's brother detailing the progress of him and Lewis
- British Swimming athlete profile
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