Kate Bailey

Katherine "Kate" Bailey (born 13 February 1982)^[1] is a Paralympic medalist swimmer from Australia.

FullnameKatherine Bailey

NicknameKate

Nationality Australia

Born13 February 1982 (1982-02-13) (age 44)

Sydney, New South Wales

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Katherine Bailey

Action close up of Bailey in the pool during competition at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
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Full name	Katherine Bailey
Nickname	Kate
Nationality	Australia
Born	13 February 1982 (1982-02-13) (age 44) Sydney, New South Wales
Medal record Swimming Paralympic Games 2000 Sydney Women's 100 m Butterfly S9 2000 Sydney Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay 34 pts 2004 Athens Women's 100 m Butterfly S9 2004 Athens Women's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts IPC Swimming World Championships 1998 Christchurch Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM9 1998 Christchurch Women's 200 m Butterfly S9 2002 Mar Del Plata Women's 100 m Butterfly S9 2002 Mar Del Plata Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM9 2002 Mar Del Plata Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay 34 pts 2002 Mar Del Plata Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay 34 pts

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She competed in seven events and won two bronze medals at the 2000 Sydney Games in the women's 100 m butterfly S9 and women's 4 × 100 m medley 34 pts events.^[2] At the 2004 Athens Games, she competed in four events and repeated her medal results from Sydney winning two bronze medals in the women's 100 m butterfly S9 and women's 4 × 100 m medley 34 pts events.^[3] She competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England as part of the Australian women's team.^[4] At the 2002 IPC Swimming World Championships in Mar Del Plata, Argentina she won three gold medals and one silver medal.^[5]

She was coached by Graeme 'Grub' Carroll at the Warringah Aquatic Swim Club.^[6] From 2002 to 2005 she was an Australian Institute of Sport paralympic swimming scholarship holder.^[3] She was also a New South Wales Institute of Sport scholarship holder.