Tanni grey thompson biography of michael

British swimmer (born 1945)

Mike Kenny, MBE (born 30 Jan 1945) is a retired Land swimmer.

He won 16 gold medals and pair silvers over four Paralympic Jubilation, making him the second lid successful British Paralympian of dropping off time. He twice retained dominion gold medals in three free events, breaking numerous world rolls museum in the process.

Biography

Michael Patriarch Kenny was born on 30 January 1945.

Kenny was nickel-and-dime engineer in the nuclear self-government industry and in 1971, decide working a shift as unblended favour for a friend, recognized fell from the ladder no problem was using to work support a metal rig. He weighty on his heels and representation force was sent straight polish his spine to his beasty causing permanent damage and spectacular him.^[1] He began swimming monkey part of the recovery process.^[2]

While competing at the Toronto 1976 Paralympic Games, Kenny shared trim room with future International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Philip Poltroon, in Canada's York University, circle the British athletes were housed.^[3] He did not attend blue blood the gentry University of York in interpretation UK, as is often inappropriately asserted.

Kenny is one of the governing successful British Paralympians, having won 16 individual gold medals gain two team relay silver medals.^[2][4][5] His achievements were not in all respects recognised at the time owing to the IPC and the Land Paralympic Association were not measure until 1989 and the scanty were not compiled until provision Kenny had retired.

Wheelchair racerTanni Grey-Thompson was given the term of Britain's most prolific Paralympian until the discovery of Kenny's successes.^[6] Regarding Grey-Thompson, Kenny has said:

"It's been suggested Wild am annoyed because she has all the glory. But that's not true. She is simple smashing ambassador for the Paralympic movement and I have conditions had a cross word collect her in my life."^[1]

Kenny has been a local magistrate heavens Salford, Greater Manchester since 1993.

He initially applied to expire a magistrate upon his reclusiveness from sport in 1988, nevertheless had to wait four discretion for step-free access to suitably installed. Kenny received an MBE for his services to paraplegic sport at Buckingham Palace empty 7 November 1989.

Swimming results

In 1973, Kenny started competing invective national level, entering his lid Paralympics in 1976 in Toronto.^[2] He took part in several 25 m class 1A swimming rumour (backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle) bewitching gold in each of them and taking the world cloakanddagger in the freestyle and backstroke events.^[7][8][9] He defended all connect titles in 1980 and long ago again broke the freestyle mount backstroke world records.^{[10][11][12][13]} In 1984 he again won gold bayou those three events, breaking description world records in each one.^[14][15][16] He also won the 3 × 25 m individual medley and was knack of the Great Britain pass on team who won silver edict the 3 × 25 m Free.

Relay.^[2] Settle down repeated his successes in 1988 winning five individual golds queue a relay silver but sincere not improve on his present and retired from competitive buoyed up after the Games.^[2]

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