Adam Purdy (born 22 January 1981) is a retired

Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...

Paralympic swimmer Para swimming is an adaptation of the sport of swimming (sport), swimming for athletes with disability, disabilities. Para swimmers compete at the Swimming at the Summer Paralympics, Summer Paralympic Games and at other sports competitions through ...

. He is a double

Paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Kore ...

champion, double

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and four-time

Parapan American Games The Parapan American Games is an international multi-sport event for athletes with physical disabilities held every four years after every Pan American Games. The first Games were held in 1999 in Mexico City, Mexico. The 2003 Parapan American Ga ...

medalist. He works for a Danish IT company, KIMIK iT, which provides a web-based hosting platform for sporting events.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Purdy, Adam 1981 births Living people Swimmers from London, Ontario Paralympic swimmers for Canada Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in swimming Paralympic gold medalists for Canada Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games Canadian male backstroke swimmers Canadian male butterfly swimmers Canadian male medley swimmers Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships S6-classified para swimmers 21st-century Canadian sportsmen Parapan American Games medalists in swimming Parapan American Games silver medalists for Canada Parapan American Games bronze medalists for Canada