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Paralympic swimmer from Northern Ireland
Bethany Charlotte Firth , OBE (born 14 February 1996) is a Northern Irish Paralympic swimmer . Since 2014 she has competed for Great Britain ; previously, Firth had represented Ireland . A six time Paralympic gold medalist, she has won gold in her specialist event - the 100 metres backstroke - for both Ireland at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and Great Britain at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Paralympics . These were in addition to the Mixed 4 x 100 metres freestyle relay S14 at the 2020 Games , and 200 metres medley and 200 metres freestyle for Great Britain at the 2016 Games, where she was the nation's most successful Paralympian with three golds and a silver medal. She competes in the S14 classification for athletes with an intellectual impairment.[1]
Personal life
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Bethany Charlotte Firth was born on 14 February 1996 in Seaforde , County Down , Northern Ireland. Her father Peter is a teacher and former church minister, and her mother Lindsey is a nurse practitioner . She is a Christian and is a member of Christian Fellowship Church .[2] Firth was educated at Longstone School in Dundonald.
Firth has a learning difficulty that causes short term memory loss .[2] She therefore competes in the S14 classification .
Swimming career
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On 31 August 2012, Firth, competing for Ireland in her first Paralympics, won a gold medal at the 2012 Paralympic games in London in the S14 100 metres backstroke final while representing Ireland.[3] [4] Firth, who has learning difficulties, had been swimming for only three years.
Firth won three silver medals at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships .[5]
Later in the same year she announced her intention to switch national team and swim for Team GB instead of Ireland after serving a period out of competition,[6] as "Team GB has other S14 swimmers – who have learning disabilities – with whom she can relate."[7] The following year she represented Northern Ireland in the 2014 Commonwealth Games , competing in seven events against non-disabled athletes.[8]
In March 2015 Firth broke the world record for the S14 100m breaststroke in qualifying for that year's IPC World Championships .[9] Firth failed to compete in the World Championships after suffering a fractured wrist in training just a few days before the competition.[10]
On 26 April 2016, in the qualifiers for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, Firth set a new world record in the S14 200 metres freestyle.[11] Competing at the British Para-International meet in Glasgow , she recorded a time of 2:03.70.[11]
On 8 September 2016, Firth defended the title that she had won in 2012 in the S14 100m backstroke, for the 2016 Summer Paralympics at Rio de Janeiro . She did this, winning in a world record time of 1:04.05 whilst competing for Paralympics GB .[12] She also won gold in the women's 200m freestyle S14 ,[13] and the women's 200m individual medley SM14 ,[14] and silver in the women's 100m breaststroke SB14 .[15]
At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics , Firth defended her title in the 100m backstroke S14 [16] and also won gold in the mixed 4 x 100m freestyle relay S14 .[17] In addition, she took silver in the women's 200m freestyle S14 [18] and women's 200m individual medley SM14 .[19]
Firth was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to swimming[20] [21] and promoted to Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours , also for services to swimming.[22] [23]
She has also received an honorary doctorate from Queen's University Belfast in 2017.
Recognition
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She was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2019.[24]
See also
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References
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^ "NI's golden girl Bethany Firth 'over the moon' with Paralympic gold" . BBC News . 31 August 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012 .
^ "Bethany Firth" . london2012.com. Archived from the original on 1 September 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012 .
^ "Third silver for Firth at IPC World Championships in Montreal" . BBC Sport . Retrieved 25 November 2014 .
^ "BBC Sport – Bethany Firth: Swimmer switches from Ireland to Great Britain" . BBC Sport . 18 December 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2014 .
^ David Kelly (19 December 2013). "Golden girl Bethany Firth in surprise switch to GB" . Belfast Telegraph . Retrieved 11 September 2016 .
^ Simon, Nic (26 July 2014). "Firth enjoys first action on equal terms alongside world's elite" . Belfasttelegraph . Retrieved 16 August 2015 .
^ Luney,Graham (27 March 2015). "Golden girl Bethany Firth is on top of the world" . Belfasttelegraph . Retrieved 16 August 2015 .
^ "Injured Bethany Firth ruled out of IPC World Championships" . BBC Sport . 2 July 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015 .
^ a b "Bethany Firth, Eleanor Simmonds Set World Records at Para-International" . swimmingworldmagazine.com . 26 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016 .
^ Sport, Disability. "Rio Paralympics: Bethany Firth secures gold medal in world record time" , BBC Sport . 9 September 2016. Retrieved on 9 September 2016.
^ "Relive a magical day for ParalympicsGB" . BBC Sport . 11 September 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2022 .
^ "Paralympics 2016: Day 10" . BBC Sport . 17 September 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2022 .
^ "Rio 2016 Results: Swimming" . International Paralympic Committee . Retrieved 10 August 2022 .
^ "Tokyo Paralympics: Dan Pembroke, Bethany Firth and Ben Watson win golds for Great Britain" . BBC Sport . 2 September 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2022 .
^ "Tokyo Paralympics: Maisie Summers-Newton and mixed relay team add swimming golds" . BBC Sport . 28 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2022 .
^ "Tokyo Paralympics: Bethany Firth takes silver in S14 200m freestyle final" . BBC Sport . 27 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2022 .
^ "Tokyo Paralympics: Swimmer Reece Dunn sets world record to win third gold of Games" . BBC Sport . 31 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2022 .
^ "No. 61803" . The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2016. p. N18.
^ "New Year's Honours list 2017" (PDF) . Gov.uk . Government Digital Service . 30 December 2016. p. 58 . Retrieved 31 December 2016 .
^ "No. 63571" . The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N12.
^ "New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame" . BBC Sport . 31 December 2021.
^ "BBC 100 Women 2019: Who is on the list this year?" . BBC News . 15 October 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2022 .
External links
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R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bethany_Firth&oldid=1201284155 "
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