British Swimming & The ASA : Kate Grey

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KATE GREY

disability swimmer

Club:	Team Bath Swimming
Coach:	Mark Skimming
Classification:	S9, SB9, SM9
DOB:	25th January 1989
Height:	1.70m
Weight:	63kg
Trains:	University of Bath
Born:	Bristol
Lives:	Bristol/Bath
Occupation:	Student

INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

	Paralympic Games, Beijing 2008
	5th 100m Breaststroke 1:26.35 (SB9)
	11th 200m Individual Medley 2:48.15 (SM9)

	IPC World Championships, Durban 2006
	SILVER 34pt 4x100m Medley Relay 5.14.56
	6th 200m I.M 2.49.58
	6th 100m Breaststroke 1.29.73
	9th 100m Backstroke (swim-off) 1.18.58
	10th 50m Freestyle 32.79
	13th 100m Freestyle 1.11.13

	Paralympic World Cup, Manchester 2006
	5th 50m Freestyle 32.35 (S9)
	10th 100m Freestyle 1.11.52

DOMESTIC EVENTS
	British Championships
	Long Course	2009	4th 100m Breaststroke	1:25.72
			5th 100m Butterfly	1:21.19
			5th 200m IM	2:49.21

		2008	6th 200m I.M	2:42.89
			7th 100m Freestyle	32.46

	British International Disability Swimming Championships
	Long Course	2009	BRONZE 200m IM	2:46.16

RECORDS HELD

GENERAL INFORMATION
	Favourite event: 100m Breaststroke Finest ever performance/Why: Finishing fifth at the Beijing Paralympic Games in 100m Breaststroke. First senior international meet: Germany 2003 as part of the British team. Role models: Sascha Kindred My aspirations are: To medal at the London 2012 Pralympics and to graduate from the University of Bath. Tip for the top: Chase the dream not the competition. Life after swimming: A career in teaching. Music: Anything that sounds good, old and new. If I wasn’t a swimmer I would be: I would be doing the same thing without the training and more partying. Describe yourself in three words: Happy, ginger and charismatic. Would most like to meet: Alan Carr and Chris Moyles - just for laughs. Most prized possession: My Family. Biggest influence on career: My parents. Sporting relations: My younger sister is in the England U19 Netball squad.