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defended all three titles in 1980 and once again broke the freestyle and backstroke world records. In 1984 he again won gold in those three events, breaking the world records in each one. He also won the 3 × 25 m individual medley and was part of the Great
Britain relay team who won silver in the 3 × 25 m Free. Relay. He repeated his successes in 1988 winning five individual golds and a relay silver but did not improve on his times and retired from competitive swimming after the Games.
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In 1973, Kenny started competing at national level, entering his first
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Michael Joseph Kenny was born on 30 January 1945. Kenny was an engineer in the nuclear power industry and in 1971, while working a shift as a favour for a friend, he fell from the ladder he was using to work on a metal rig. He landed on his heels and the force was sent straight up his spine to his
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since 1993. He initially applied to become a magistrate upon his retirement from sport in 1988, but had to wait four years for step-free access to be installed. Kenny received an MBE for his services to paraplegic sport at
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914:"New York / Stoke Mandeville 1984 Paralympic Games Swimming 25 m Breast. 1A"
936:"New York / Stoke Mandeville 1984 Paralympic Games Swimming 25 m Free. 1A"
892:"New York / Stoke Mandeville 1984 Paralympic Games Swimming 25 m Back. 1A"
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666:"Unbeaten since 2003: Is Esther the greatest ever Paralympian?"
749:"Toronto 1976 Paralympic Games Swimming 25 m Breast. 1A"
819:"Arnhem 1980 Paralympic Games Swimming 25 m Breast. 1A"
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727:"Toronto 1976 Paralympic Games Swimming 25 m Back. 1A"
841:"Arnhem 1980 Paralympic Games Swimming 25 m Free. 1A"
793:"Arnhem 1980 Paralympic Games Swimming 25 m Back. 1A"
938:. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from
867:"Mike Kenny - Swimming | Paralympic Athlete Profile"
843:. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from
795:. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from
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608:"Meet Britain's other greatest Paralympian"
697:"Paralympics: Roberts set medal challenge"
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