Gareth Kean
New Zealand swimmer
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| Born | (1991-10-05) 5 October 1991 (age 32) Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||
| Club | High Performance Centre, Capital Swim Club | ||||||||||||||
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Gareth Kean (born 5 October 1991) is a New Zealand swimmer. He won the silver medal in the 200 m backstroke at the 2010 Commonwealth Games[1] and competed at the 2012 Olympic Games.[2]
Kean is coached by former New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth swimmer Gary Hurring.[3] He has held the 100 m and 200 m backstroke national records.[4]
References
- ^ "Gareth KEAN | Medals | FINA Official". FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Gareth Kean". New Zealand Olympic Team. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Gareth KEAN". Swimming New Zealand. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
- ^ "Gareth KEAN | Results | FINA Official". FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
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| Preceded by Sam Webster | Halberg Awards – Emerging Talent Award 2010 | Succeeded by Jacko Gill |
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Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 100 m Backstroke
- 1959: Gilberto Elsa (ITA)
- 1961: Shigeo Fukushima (JPN)
- 1967: Charlie Hickcox (USA)
- 1970: Mitch Ivey (USA)
- 1973: David Johnson (USA)
- 1977: Rômulo Arantes (BRA)
- 1979: Mark Kerry (AUS)
- 1981: Sergei Zabolotnov (URS)
- 1983: Mike West (CAN)
- 1985: Igor Polyansky (URS)
- 1987: Daichi Suzuki (JPN)
- 1991: Deke Botsford (CAN)
- 1993: Rodolfo Falcón (CUB)
- 1995: Kurt Jachimowski (USA)
- 1997: Neisser Bent (CUB)
- 1999: Simon Thirsk (RSA)
- 2001: Peter Marshall (USA)
- 2003: Ouyang Kunpeng (CHN)
- 2005: Masafumi Yamaguchi (JPN)
- 2007: Helge Meeuw (GER)
- 2009: Ryosuke Irie (JPN)
- 2011: Gareth Kean (NZL)
- 2013: Yuki Shirai (JPN)
- 2015: Junya Hasegawa (JPN)
- 2017: Justin Ress (USA)
- 2019: Grigoriy Tarasevich (RUS)
- 2021: Simone Stefani (ITA)
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