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Cameron Leslie
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  New Zealand
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 150 m individual medley SM4
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 150 m individual medley SM4
IPC World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Montreal 150 m individual medley SM4
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Montreal 50 m backstroke S5
Leslie in front at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Men's 150m Individual Medley SM4 swimming final.

Cameron Leslie, MNZM (born 17 January 1990 in Whangarei, New Zealand)[1] is a New Zealand paralympics swimmer, most notable for his performance at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold medal in the men's 150 m individual medley, in which his time of 2:33.57 broke the previous world record by over a second.[2]

Leslie is a student at Auckland University of Technology and has a quadruple limb deficiency. In 2008 Leslie said he may leave swimming to play wheelchair rugby in later games,[3] but he did not realise that plan. Instead, he returned for the 2012 Summer Paralympics, again winning a gold medal in men's 150 m individual medley, and beating his own world record with the time 2:25.98.[4]

In 2013, Leslie won the gold medal in the men's 150 m individual medley, and a bronze medal in the men's 50 m backstroke, at the IPC Swimming World Championships in Montreal.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Paralympic Athletes - Swimming". Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ McBeth, John (15 September 2008). "Leslie records golden swim". One Sport. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
  3. ^ "Paralympics: Latest Kiwi news". One Sport. 15 September 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
  4. ^ Lee, Jess (7 September 2012). "Golden glow for Leslie". Auckland Now. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Kiwi medal tally continues to climb in Montreal". TVNZ. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Live Results - 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships". paralympic.org. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.


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