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Kieran Bird

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Kieran Bird
Personal information
Full nameKieran James Bird
NationalityBritish
Born (1999-09-02) 2 September 1999 (age 25)
Bicester, Oxfordshire, England[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 4×200 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2022 Rome 4×200 m mixed freestyle

Kieran James Bird (born 2 September 1999) is a British swimmer.[2][3]

Biography

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Bird attended Millfield School.[4]

He competed in the men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships, in Budapest, Hungary.[5]

Bird won the 400 metres freestyle at the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships[6] and was subsequently named in the British team for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[7] He swam in the heats of the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay and while he was not part of the team for the final he was awarded a gold medal when the British team won.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Kieran Bird". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bicester swimmer Kieran Bird picked for Tokyo Olympics". Oxford Mail. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  3. ^ "'We're not going to Tokyo for the tracksuits' - meet two rising stars of Welsh swimming". BBC Sport. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  4. ^ "15 Old Millfieldians prepare for the Commonwealth Games 2022". Millfield School. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Men's 400 metre freestyle: Start list" (PDF). Budapest 2000. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Speedo Aquatics GB Swimming Championships 2024". Swimming.org. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Paris Olympics 2024: Team GB name swimming squad for Games". BBC Sport. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  8. ^ Matthew Henry (30 July 2024). "GB retain relay title to win first swimming gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
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