Tiffany Thomas Kane

Tiffany Thomas Kane OAM (born 9 August 2001) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics,[1] winning a gold and three bronze medals.

Tiffany Thomas Kane
2016 Australian Paralympic Team portrait
Personal information
Full nameTiffany Thomas Kane
Nationality Australia
Born (2001-08-09) 9 August 2001
Sport
SportSwimming
ClassificationsS7, SB7, SM7
ClubMonte Swim Club, North Sydney
CoachJohn Bell

Personal

Thomas Kane was born on 9 August 2001 with hypochondroplasia, a developmental disorder causing short stature.[2] She attends Ravenswood School for Girls in Sydney, New South Wales.[3]

Career

Thomas Kane took up swimming at the age of 3. She is an S6 swimmer.[4] In 2015, she trains under Lach Falvey at Ravenswood Swim Club, the same club as dual world champion and Olympic silver medallist James Magnussen.[2] She was the youngest Australian swimmer selected to compete at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland after breaking world records at the 2015 Australian Swimming Championships.[2] At the age of 13, at 2015 IPC Swimming Championships, she won a gold medal in the Women's 100m breaststroke SB6 in a world record time of 1:34.95,[2] silver medal in the Women's 50 m Butterfly S6 and bronze medals in the Women's 50 m Freestyle S6 and Women's 100 m Freestyle S6.[5] [6] She finished fifth in the Women's 100m Backstroke S6 and seventh in the Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay 20pts.[7] She was awarded Swimming Australia's 2015 AIS Discovery of the Year Award.[8] In 2015, she is a New South Wales Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[9]

At the 2016 Australian Swimming Championships in Adelaide, she set a world record of 43.06in Women's S6 in winning the Women’s 50 breast multi-class event.[10]

At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, she won the gold medal in the Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB6 with Paralympic record time of 1:35.39.[11] She also won bronze medals in the Women's 50 m Freestyle, 50 m Butterfly S6 and 200 m Individual Medley SM6.[11]

In reflection on racing at Rio, Thomas says "It's taken everything away. Just to think that I'm here competing for my country, I've just not stopped trying every time. It's just been such a good time and I've enjoyed it every second." [12] She continues to say "I wanted that gold medal in my race; I knew I had to go my best and it’s just such an amazing thing to have around me."[13] Tiffany was officially awarded an Order of Australia medal in January 2017 for her "service to sport" following her accomplishments in Rio de Janeiro the previous year.[14]

At the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London, she won the gold medal in the Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB7.[15]

Recognition

References
  1. "Swimming Australia Paralympic Squad Announcement". Swimming Australia News, 13 April 2016. Archived from the original on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  2. "World record for 13-year-old Tiffany Thomas-Kane as Dolphins light up the pool in Glasgow 15 July". Swimming Australia News, 15 July 2015. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  3. Theodosiou, Peter (7 May 2015). "Junior Sports Star Tiffany Thomas Kane is a world record holder". North Shore Times. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  4. "Tiffany Thomas Kane". IPC Swimming Athlete Biographies. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  5. "Aussies add two silver and two bronze on Day 3 in Glasgow". Swimming Australia News, 16 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  6. "Six golds and one world record for Ukraine at Glasgow 2015". International Paralympic Committee News, 16 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  7. "Tiffany Thomas Kane". Glasgow 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  8. "Bronte Campbell and Emily Seebohm share Swimmer of the Year Award". Swimming Australia News, 5 September 2015. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  9. "Swimmers selected for World Championships". NSWIS News, 10 April 2015. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  10. "Emily Seebohm Rockets To Top-Ranked 58.73 in 100 Back". Swimming World Magazine News. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  11. "Swimming results". Rio Paralympics official website. Archived from the original on 9 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  12. Spits, Scott. "Rio Paralympics 'just made me really happy': Tiffany Thomas Kane". SMH Sport. Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  13. Metcafe, Caryn. "Rio Paralympics: Tiffany Thomas-Kane wins gold". TDT Sport. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  14. "OAM Final Media Notes (S-Z)" (PDF). Governor General of Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  15. "Tiffany Thomas Kane". 2019 World Para Swimming Championships Results. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  16. "Triple Treat for 'Arnie' at Swimming's Night of Nights". Swimming Australia. 24 November 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
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