Kingsley Bugarin

Kingsley Bugarin

After Rottnest channel swim 2005
Personal information
Full name Kingsley Haldane Bugarin
Nickname(s) Biggles
Nationality  Australia
Born 3 August 1968
Mount Lawley, Western Australia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 73Kg (163lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke, Individual Medley, Freestyle, Butterfly
Club Swan Hills swimming club
Australian S12 swimmer Kingsley Bugarin swims breaststroke at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games

Kingsley Haldane Bugarin, OAM[1] (born 3 August 1968)[2] is a former Australian Paralympic and vision impaired swimmer. He was born in Mount Lawley, Western Australia. He attended La Salle College, Perth.[3] He competed in five consecutive Summer Paralympics from 1984 to 2000, winning a total of five gold, eight silver, and six bronze medals.[4] He held the Australian record for the highest Paralympic medal count until it was surpassed in 2012 by Matthew Cowdrey.[5]

Bugarin is officially retired from high level competition but still trains and competes in open water swimming events.

He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder from 1997 to 1999 in swimming.[6]

In 2000, he received an Australian Sports Medal.[7]

References

  1. "Bugarin, Kingsley Haldane, OAM". It's an Honour. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  2. Xth Paralympic Games Atlanta U.S.A. August 15-25 1996 : Australia : team handbook. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Federation. 1996. p. 70.
  3. "Hall of Excellene 2008 Inductees" (PDF). La Salle College Website. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  4. kingsley bugarin's profile on paralympic.org
  5. Foreman, Glenn (6 September 2012). "Matt Cowdrey becomes Australia's greatest Paralympian with 11th gold medal". News Limited Network. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  6. Nihil, G. (2006). Australian Institute of Sport : celebrating excellence. Focus Publishing. p. 105. ISBN 1-921156-16-3.
  7. "Bugarin, Kingsley: Australian Sports Medal". It's an Honour. Retrieved 15 January 2012.

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