Kirsty Balfour (born 21 February 1984), also known by her married name Kirsty Kettles, is a Scottish former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games, FINA world championships and European championships, and competed for Scotland in the Commonwealth Games. She specialized in breaststroke events. She won a gold medal in the 200-metre breaststroke at the European Long-Course Championships in 2006, and took silver in same event at the

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in Melbourne in 2007. She announced her retirement from swimming on 7 November 2008, stating she planned to do more work for her church. She got married the following day.

Personal bests and records held

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British Olympic Association athlete profile
* 1984 births Living people Female breaststroke swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Scottish female swimmers Swimmers from Edinburgh Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games {{UK-swimming-bio-stub