Sascha Kindred
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| Full name | Sascha Kindred | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 December 1977 Münster, Germany |
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| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Leominster Kingfisher[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sascha Kindred OBE (born 13 December 1977 in Münster, Germany[2]) is a British swimmer who competed in the Paralympic Games on four occasions, winning eleven medals.
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[edit] Early life
Born in Germany, Kindred moved to Britain at the age of 3. He began swimming for a club at the age of 11. He attended Mossley Hollins High School and Kaskenmoor secondary school for a short period of time before going into training at local swimming clubs such as Oldham.[3]
Kindred has cerebral palsy, which affects the right side of his body.[4] He competes in the S6 (butterfly), SM6 (medley) and SB7 (breaststroke) classifications.[5][6]
[edit] Paralympic career
Kindred first competed at the Paralympic Games in Atlanta 1996 and won a silver medal in the 100 m breaststroke SB7.[7]
At the 2000 games in Sydney, Kindred won two gold medals, a silver, and a bronze. He described the games as his biggest sporting achievement so far.[3]
In the 2004 Athens Paralympics, Kindred won two gold medals, successfully defending the 100 m breaststroke SB7 and 200 m individual medley SM6 titles he had won in Sydney. He also won a bronze medal in the 4×50 m freestyle 20 pts.[7]
Kindred won his fifth Paralympic gold in the 200 m individual medley SM6 at the 2008 Games in Beijing, where he set a new world record time of 2:49.19 and earned the title for the third consecutive year.[8] He then won a second gold of the games, six titles overall, and set another world record of 1:22.18 in the 100 m breaststroke SB7.[9] The third medal he won was a bronze in the 50 m butterfly S6.[10]
In addition to his success in the Paralympics, Kindred has won 12 medals (5 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze) at IPC World Championships, 15 medals (8 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze) at European Championships, and a gold medal at the 2006 Paralympic World Cup in Manchester.[5]
[edit] Personal life
Kindred's girlfriend is fellow British Paralympic gold medal winning swimmer Nyree Lewis. Together, the pair are known as the "golden couple" of British disability swimming.[11][12]
He includes amongst his sporting heroes Eric Cantona, Michael Johnson and Carl Lewis,[3] and is a supporter of Manchester United.[4]
Kindred was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.[13]
[edit] See also
- Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- List of Paralympic records in swimming
- Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Swimming at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Swimming at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Swimming at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
[edit] References
- ^ "British Swimming and the asa: Sascha Kindred". British Swimming. http://www.britishswimming.org/vsite/vcontent/page/custom/0,8510,5157-182881-200099-42948-270203-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/8/1206748.shtml. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ a b c "Q&A: Sascha Kindred". Disability Now magazine. http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/living/sport/q-a-sascha-kindred. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ a b "Interview with Sascha Kindred". Total Swimming. http://www.totalswimming.co.uk/interview-with-sascha-kindred.html. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ a b "Athlete Biography". University of Bath website. http://www.teambath.com/?p=2665. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBCSport. 2008-08-28. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/7586684.stm. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ a b sascha kindred's profile on paralympic.org
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Kindred clinches second pool gold". BBC Sport. 2008-09-09. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/7605877.stm. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ "Official results of men's 50m butterfly - S6". The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/INF/SW/C73A1/SWM206101.pdf. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ "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.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 58929. p. 10. 31 December 2008.
[edit] External links
- 'The Golden Couple' — A blog written by Kindred's twin brother Timo Kindred detailing the progress of him and Nyree Lewis
- Personal website
- British Swimming athlete profile
- Living people
- 1977 births
- British swimmers
- Paralympic swimmers of Great Britain
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain
- Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- World record holders in paralympic swimming
