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Sascha Kindred, (born 13 December 1977 in
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,
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) is a
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who has competed in six
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, winning thirteen medals.


Early life

Born in
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, Kindred moved to
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at the age of 3. He began swimming for a club at the age of 11. He attended Mossley Hollins High School and Kaskenmoor secondary school for a short period of time before going into training at local swimming clubs such as Oldham. Kindred has
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, which affects the right side of his body. He competes in the S6 (
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), SM6 ( medley) and SB7 (
breaststroke Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can be s ...
) classifications.


Paralympic career

Sascha is one of the most successful Paralympic athletes ever, taking part in 6 Paralympic Games. Kindred first competed at the
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in Atlanta 1996 and won a silver medal in the 100 m breaststroke SB7. In May 2016 it has been announced that he will be representing Great Britain once more, and for the 6th time, in the Paralympic Games in Rio later in the year. At the 2000 games in
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, Kindred won two
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, a silver, and a bronze. He described the games as his biggest sporting achievement so far. In the
2004 Athens 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 ...
, Kindred won two gold medals, successfully defending the 100 m breaststroke SB7 and 200 m individual medley SM6 titles he had won in Sydney. He also won a bronze medal in the 4×50 m freestyle 20 pts. Kindred won his fifth Paralympic gold in the 200 m individual medley SM6 at the 2008 Games in
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, where he set a new
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time of 2:49.19 and earned the title for the third consecutive year. He then won a second gold of the games, six titles overall, and set another world record of 1:22.18 in the 100 m breaststroke SB7. The third medal he won was a bronze in the 50 m butterfly S6. He went on to his fifth Paralympic Games in London where he won a silver medal in the 200m IM in a time of 2:41.50 In addition to his success in the Paralympics, Kindred has won 19 medals (9 gold) at IPC World Championships, 24 medals (9 gold) at European Championships, and a gold medal at the 2006
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in
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.


Personal life

Kindred's wife is fellow British Paralympic gold medal-winning swimmer
Nyree Lewis Nyree Elise Kindred MBE (''née'' Lewis; born 21 September 1980 in Rhondda, Wales) is a Welsh swimmer who has competed in the Paralympic Games on four occasions winning ten medals. Early life Kindred took up swimming at the age of 5, having ...
. Together the pair, who live in
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, are known as the "golden couple" of British disability swimming. He includes amongst his sporting heroes
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, Michael Johnson and
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, and is a supporter of
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. Kindred was appointed
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(OBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours and
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(CBE) in the
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for services to swimming.


See also

* Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics *
List of Paralympic records in swimming The International Paralympic Committee recognises the fastest performances in swimming events at the Paralympic Games. Swimming has been part of at every Summer Paralympic Games. Races are held in four swimming strokes: freestyle, backstroke, bre ...
*
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics The Swimming (sport), swimming events of the 2008 Summer Paralympics were held in the Beijing National Aquatics Center between September 7 and September 15, 2008. A total of 140 gold medals were expected to be distributed. Paralympic records wer ...
* Swimming at the 2004 Summer Paralympics *
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Swimming (sport), Swimming at the 2000 Summer Paralympics comprised a total of 169 events, 91 for men and 78 for women. Swimmers were classified according to the extent and type of their disability. Medal summary Medal table Participati ...
*
Swimming at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Swimming (sport), Swimming at the 1996 Summer Paralympics consisted of 168 events, 87 for men and 81 for women. Because of a tie in the men's 100 m freestyle S4 event, a total of 169 bronze medals were awarded. The 1996 Summer Paralympics in At ...


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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kindred, Sascha 1977 births Living people British male swimmers Paralympic swimmers of Great Britain Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Commanders of the Order of the British Empire World record holders in paralympic swimming S6-classified Paralympic swimmers Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics 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