Nyree Elise Kindred

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(''née'' Lewis; born 21 September 1980 in

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) is a Welsh swimmer who has competed in the

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on four occasions winning ten medals.

Early life

Kindred took up swimming at the age of 5, having been taken to a swimming pool by her aunt. Kindred has a form of

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and therefore competes in the S6 (

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), SM6 ( medley) and SB5 (

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) classifications.

Paralympic career

Kindred's first appearance at a Paralympics came at the 2000 Games in Sydney, where she won 3 medals, 2 silver and a bronze. At the

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Kindred won her first Paralympic gold medal in the S6 100 metres backstroke event, in a new Paralympic record time of 1:32.03. She followed this up with another gold in the 4×50 m medley 20 pts relay, silver medals in both the 100 m breaststroke SB5 and 200 m SM6 individual medley, and a bronze in the 400 m freestyle S6. In the 100 metres S6 backstroke at the

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in Beijing Kindred was beaten into second place by Dutch swimmer

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. Kindred explained her defeat by saying "My legs were spasming, but to be honest, there are no excuses for that, ... I should have gone quicker but it just wasn't there tonight". In addition to this medal winning performance Kindred also reached the finals of the 100 m breaststroke SB5 (finishing 4th), 200 m SM6 individual medley (finishing 6th) and 400 m freestyle S6 (finishing 6th). In April 2012 she qualified for the

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in the S6 100m backstroke. In the final she finished second to collect the silver medal with a time of 1:26.23. On top of her success at the Paralympics, Kindred has won seven

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World Championship medals and seven European Championship medals.

Personal life

Kindred's husband is fellow British Paralympic gold medal-winning swimmer

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. Together the pair, who live in

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, are known as the "golden couple" of British disability swimming. The couple's first child, Ella, was born in 2011. Kindred was appointed

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(MBE) in the

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for services to disability sport.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kindred, Nyree 1980 births Living people Welsh female swimmers Paralympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain World record holders in paralympic swimming Members of the Order of the British Empire People from Rhondda Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Female backstroke swimmers Female medley swimmers Welsh female freestyle swimmers Female breaststroke swimmers Cerebral Palsy category Paralympic competitors Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics S6-classified para swimmers Welsh Paralympic competitors Team Bath swimmers Team Bath Paralympic athletes Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships Paralympic medalists in swimming

Early life

Paralympic career

Personal life

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