Gareth Kean (born 5 October 1991) is a

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. He won the silver medal in the 200 m backstroke at the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

and competed at the

2012 Olympic Games The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. Kean is coached by former New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth swimmer

Gary Hurring Gary Norman Hurring (born 10 October 1961 in Auckland) is a former swimmer from New Zealand, who won the gold medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in the men's 200 metres backstroke. He gained silver in the same event at the 1978 World Aquati ...

. He has held the 100 m and 200 m backstroke national records.

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Living people 1991 births New Zealand male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for New Zealand Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Sportspeople from Upper Hutt Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for New Zealand Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade 21st-century New Zealand people Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games {{NewZealand-swimming-bio-stub