Duane Kale
Appearance
Medal record | ||
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Men's swimming | ||
Representing New Zealand | ||
Paralympic Games | ||
1996 Atlanta | 50 m butterfly S6 | |
1996 Atlanta | 100 m freestyle S6 | |
1996 Atlanta | 200 m freestyle S6 | |
1996 Atlanta | 200 m medley SM6 | |
1996 Atlanta | 50 m freestyle S6 | |
1996 Atlanta | 100 m backstroke S6 |
Duane Paul Kale ONZM[1] is a New Zealand Paralympic swimmer who won four gold medals, along with a silver and a bronze, at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. He was also the Chef de Mission for the New Zealand Paralympic Team at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics.[2][3]
In November 2013 Kale was elected to the International Paralympic Committee Governing Board.[4]
References
- ^ "New Year Honours List 1997". NZ Govt: DPMC. 15 January 1997. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ^ "Kale to be Paralympics chief". The Wellingtonian. 8 October 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ^ "Paralympians eager to haul in medals". The Press. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ^ "NZ Paralympian elected to IPC Governing Board". Voxy.co.nz. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
Categories:
- Living people
- New Zealand referees and umpires
- Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Paralympic swimmers of New Zealand
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for New Zealand
- Paralympic silver medalists for New Zealand
- Paralympic bronze medalists for New Zealand
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- International Paralympic Committee members
- New Zealand swimming biography stubs
- New Zealand Paralympic medalist stubs