Kirby Cote (born April 29, 1984) is a blind Canadian

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Career

Cote first competed for Canada at the

2000 Summer Paralympics The 2000 Summer Paralympic Games or the XI Summer Paralympics were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, between 18 and 29 October. The Sydney Paralympics was last time that the Summer Paralympics which were organized by two different ...

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, where she won gold in both the 100 metre breaststroke SB13 and the 200 metre individual medley SM13 setting new

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times of 1:19.43 and 2:29.59 respectively. Cote also took silver in the 50 metre freestyle S13 in 28.80, and in the 100 metre freestyle S13 in 1:02.98. At the

2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ...

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, Cote won bronze in the 100 metre EAD freestyle. Competing against swimmers in other classifications, Cote covered the distance in a Games record time of 1:01.76, 1.88 seconds over her target time. At the 2002 IPC World Championships in

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, Cote won gold in five events including the 50 metre freestyle S13 in 28.84, the 100 metre freestyle S13 in 1:02.19, the 400 metre freestyle S13 in 4:58.15, the 100 metre breaststroke SB13 in 1:17.89 and the 200 metre individual medley SM13 in 2:30.11. At the

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic ...

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, Cote won gold in the 50 metre freestyle S13 in 28.47, gold in the 100 metre freestyle S13 in 1:01.74, gold in the 400 metre freestyle S13 in 4:43.23, gold in the 100 metre butterfly S13 in 1:07.44, gold in the 200 metre individual medley SM13 in 2:31.20, silver in the 100 metre backstroke S13 in 1:14.08 and silver in the 100 metre breaststroke SB13 in 1:17.34. At the 2006 IPC World Championships in

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, Cote won gold in the 100 metre breaststroke SB13 in 1:21.05, 5th in the 50 metre freestyle S13 in 29.02 and 7th in the 100 metre freestyle S13 in 1:03.76. At the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

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, Cote won silver in the 100 metre butterfly S13 in 1:06.62 and in the 200 metre individual medley SM13 in 2:28.65. In other results, Cote finished 4th in the 50 metre freestyle S13 in 28.08 and also finished 4th in the 100 metre freestyle S13 in 28.08. Cote was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.

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