Kieran Bird

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Kieran Bird
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Personal information
Full nameKieran James Bird
NationalityBritish
Born (1999-09-02) 2 September 1999 (age 25)
Bicester, Oxfordshire, England [1]
Sport
Sport Swimming
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris 4×200 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Rome 4×200 m mixed freestyle

Kieran James Bird (born 2 September 1999) is a British swimmer. [2] [3]

Contents

Biography

Bird attended Millfield School. [4]

He competed in the men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships, in Budapest, Hungary. [5]

Bird won the 400 metres freestyle at the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships [6] and was subsequently named in the British team for the 2024 Summer Olympics. [7] He swam in the heats of the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay and while he was not part of the team for the final he was awarded a gold medal when the British team won. [8]

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References

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