Ruby Storm
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 November 2003 | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Disability class | S14, SB14, SM14 | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Traralgon | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Dean Gooch | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ruby Storm (born 18 November 2003) [1] is an Australian Paralympic swimmer with an intellectual disability . She represented Australia at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships and won a bronze medal.
Swimming career
As a child she was scared of the water but she learnt to swim by observing her older sister.[2] She smashed records at the 2018 Para Pan Pac trials in winning the 200m freestyle event.[2] At the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships, London, she was a member of the Australian team that won the bronze medal in the Mixed 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay S14. She also competed in the Women's 200m Freestyle S14, Women's 100m Breaststroke SB14, Women's 200m Individual Medley SM14 and Women's 100m Butterfly S14.[1]
Recognition
- 2018 - Junior Annual Gippstar Winner[3]
References
- ^ a b "Ruby Storm". 2019 World Para Swimming Championships website. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Ruby ready to take Pan Pacifics by Storm". Latrobe Valley Express. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ "Junior Annual Gippstar Winners". Gippsland Sports Academy. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
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External links
- Ruby Storm at Swimming Australia (archived)
- Ruby Storm at the International Paralympic Committee