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Kim Ferran

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Kim Ferran
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1958-01-11) January 11, 1958 (age 66)
Sport
CountryUnited Kingdom
SportSpeed skating
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals1980
Personal best500 metres short track - 51.78
Medal record

Gold - 1984 European indoor short track

Kim Ferran (born 11 January 1958) is a British former speed skater and short track speed skater. She was the British winner of the 1984 European indoor short track speed skating. During her personal/professional life she has undertaken many sports such as swimming and cycling and still does to this day. She still holds the two long track British records for 1000m and 3000m.[1] She held the world record over 500 metres short track of 51.78s achieved in Bruges in 1984.[2] She competed in the 1980 Winter Olympics in the 500m, 1,000m and 1,500m events.[3]

References

  1. ^ British Long Track Speed Skating Records Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 2010-10-31
  2. ^ McFarlan (1990) The Guinness Book of Records 1991, Guinness Publishing, ISBN 978-0-85112-374-5, p. 277
  3. ^ "Kim Ferran", sports-reference.com, retrieved 2010-10-31