Tadhg Slattery is a

Paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

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from South Africa competing mainly in category SB5 events. He has cerebral palsy and is deaf. Slattery competed as part of the South African Paralympic swimming team at six Paralympic games. His first games in

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gave him his first Paralympic gold medal in the 100m breaststroke in a world record time, as well as finishing fourth in his heat in the 50m freestyle, eighth in the final of the 50m butterfly, seventh in his heat of both the 100m and 400m freestyle. In the

1996 Summer Paralympics The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first Paralympic Games, Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million. It was the first Paralympic Games ...

he finished second in the 100m breaststroke behind Kasper Engel of the Netherlands who set a new world record, he also competed in the 50m freestyle finishing 28th in the heats, 50m butterfly where he finished ninth in the heats just missing the final and finished fourth in the final of the 200m medley. At his third games in

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he again won silver in the 100m breaststroke behind Kasper and added a second in the 200m medley behind the new world record set by

Sascha Kindred Sascha Kindred, (born 13 December 1977 in Münster, Germany) is a British swimmer who has competed in six Summer Paralympic Games, winning thirteen medals. Early life Born in Germany, Kindred moved to Britain at the age of 3. He began swimming ...

of Great Britain, as well as finishing seventh in the 50m butterfly. Tadhg won gold again in

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in the 100m breaststroke, beating his old rival Kasper Engel he also competed in the 200m medley finishing sixth but could not make the final of the 50m butterfly. His fifth games in

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led to his first bronze medal, in his favored 100m breaststroke and finished last in his heat in the 200m individual Medley. And his final sixth games in

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led to his fifth place. He is now retired from international swimming. He is now a full-time swimming coach for the disabled in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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