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| Born | 20 December 1957 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Port Glasgow Otters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Eddie McCluskey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kenneth Cairns MBE (born 20 December 1957) is a British swimmer who won five Paralympic gold medals across five Games, along with several world titles.[15] He broke several records in swimming events, and was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2001 New Year Honours for services to disabled sports.[16][15][17]
Cairns was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2015,[18] and into the Scottish Swimming Hall of Fame in 2018.[19][20]
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- ^ "Swimming at the Barcelona 1992 Paralympic Games – Men's 50 m Butterfly S3". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Swimming at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games – Men's 200 m Freestyle S3". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Swimming at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games – Men's 50 m Freestyle S3". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Swimming at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games – Men's 4×50 m Freestyle 20 pts". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Swimming at the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games – Men's 4×50 m Freestyle 20 pts". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ a b "CAIRNS Kenneth, MBE". Scottish Disability Sport. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ United Kingdom list: "No. 56070". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2000. p. 15.
- ^ Behan, Paul (9 August 2012). "Swim 'King' Kenny to feature on BBC Radio Scotland programme". Daily Record. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
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- ^ Race, Loretta (1 October 2018). "Duncan Scott & Steven Tigg Earn Top Scottish Swimming Honors". SwimSwam. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Scottish Swimming celebrate a year of success". Scottish Swimming. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2020.