Abby Kane (born 4 August 2003) is a British Paralympic swimmer competing as a S13 classification swimmer, mainly in backstroke events. Kane has

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, a condition leading to progressive vision deterioration. She competed at the

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, where she won the silver medal in the 100m backstroke S13 event. She was the youngest member of

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at the 2016 Paralympics. Since 2018 Kane has been training with North Ayrshire Swimming coached by Jess Wilkie.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kane, Abby 2003 births Living people Scottish female backstroke swimmers S13-classified para swimmers Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain Paralympic medalists in swimming Paralympic swimmers for Great Britain People educated at Largs Academy British female backstroke swimmers Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland 21st-century British sportswomen Scottish blind people 21st-century Scottish sportswomen