Kane Radford
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 November 1990 Rotorua,New Zealand |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] |
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Achievements and titles | |
| National finals | Open water 5 km champion (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) Open water 10 km champion (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)[2] |
Kane Radford(born 2 November 1990) is a New Zealandswimmer.He is New Zealand's first Olympic open water swimmer.[3]
Early life[edit]
Born inRotoruaon 2 November 1990,[1][4]Radford was educated atJohn Paul Collegein Rotorua.[5]OfMāoridescent, Radford affiliates toNgāti TūwharetoaandTe Arawa.[6]
Swimming career[edit]
Radford won gold at the2006 Oceania Swimming Championshipsin the men's 10 km open water race. On 31 August 2006 he placed 26th inthe men's 10km race,at the2006 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships.
At the2007 World Aquatics Championshipshe competed in both the5and10km races,placing 22nd and 26th respectively.
At the2008 Oceania Swimming Championships,Radford came second in the men's 1500m, 5 km and 10 km races.
He was part of theNew Zealand teamat the2011 World Aquatics Championships,where he came 27th in themen's 5km open water race.
He again representedNew Zealand at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships,coming 18th in themen's 5kmand 20th in themen's 10km.He was also part of a three-man team that placed 10th in theopen water team event.
Radford placed third in the men's 10 km open water race at the2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.
He again competed forNew Zealand at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships,placing 30th in themen's 10km open water race.[3]
Hequalified for the 2016 summer Olympicsas Oceania's top-ranked representative outside the world's top ten of the men's 10 km marathon at the World Olympic Qualifier inSetubal,Portugal. However he was not named to theNew Zealand Olympic teambySwimming New Zealand.[7]On 27 June 2016, Radford was nominated to the NZOC, following his successful appeal to theNew Zealand Sport Tribunal.[8][9][10]Radford is based inPerthinWestern Australia,which suits him for the training conditions.
References[edit]
- ^abc"Kane Radford".Rio2016.2016. Archived fromthe originalon 6 August 2016.Retrieved5 August2016.
- ^"Kane Radford".Swimming New Zealand.Retrieved5 August2016.
- ^ab"Radford wins Olympic appeal".28 June 2016.Retrieved4 August2016.
- ^"Kane Radford".New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2016.Retrieved5 August2016.
- ^Dacey, Ruth (2 July 2016)."Swimmer set to give 10km his all".Rotorua Daily Post.Retrieved5 August2016.
- ^"43 Māori athletes to head to Rio Olympics".Te Karere.5 August 2016.Retrieved6 August2016.
- ^"Swimming NZ's Rio rejection of Radford and Webby criticised as a 'real travesty'".Retrieved4 August2016.
- ^"New Zealand Open Water Swimmer Selected for Rio".New Zealand Olympic Committee.28 June 2016.Retrieved28 June2016.
- ^staff, Newstalk ZB."Kane Radford: 'It's been a very long journey for me'".Retrieved4 August2016.
- ^"Swimming: Kane Radford confirmed in Olympic team".28 June 2016.Retrieved4 August2016– via New Zealand Herald.
External links[edit]
- 1990 births
- Living people
- New Zealand male swimmers
- Male long-distance swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers for New Zealand
- New Zealand long-distance swimmers
- Sportspeople from Rotorua
- People educated at John Paul College, Rotorua
- Ngāti Tūwharetoa people
- Te Arawa people
- New Zealand Māori sportspeople
- 21st-century New Zealand people