• Events:

  100m Breaststroke (SB7)/200m Individual Medley (SM6)/50m Freestyle (S6)/50m Butterfly (S6)

• Home Town:

  Munster, Germany

• Lives:

  Belmont, Herefordshire

• Trains:

  Leominster Kingfisher SC

• Date Of Birth:

  13th December 1977

• Games Attended:

  London 12, Beijing 08, Athens 04, Sydney 00, Atlanta 96

Sascha has been Swimming since he was 11 years old and competing since 1988. He made his Paralympic debut at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games where he won silver in the 100m Breaststroke (SB7). In Sydney, he won both the 100m Breaststroke (SB7) and the 200m Individual Medley (SM6), an achievement he repeated in both Athens and Beijing. London was his fifth Games.

At London 2012, Sascha won the 12th Paralympic medal of his career, taking silver in the 200m Individual Medley (SM6). In the final he also set a personal best and European Record time of 2:41.50.

“It was a personal best time on the biggest stage of my life so I can’t argue with that.” Sascha Kindred

Sascha’s wife Nyree is also a swimmer and has competed at three Paralympic Games. They have a young daughter, Ella, born in 2011.

Sascha was honoured with an OBE in 2009. He is also an ambassador for the Youth Sport Trust.

Major Results

• 2012 London Paralympic Games
• 50m Freestyle (S6): 3rd (ht2)
  100m Breaststroke (SB7): 4th
  50m Butterfly (S6): DSQ
  200m Individual Medley (SM6): silver
   
• 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games
• 50m Freestyle (S6): 9th
  100m Breaststroke (SB7): gold
  50m Butterfly (S6): bronze
  200m Individual Medley (SM6): gold

• 2004 Athens Paralympic Games
• 100m Breaststroke (SB7): gold
  50m Butterfly (S6): 6th
  200m Individual Medley (SM6): gold
  4x50m Freestyle Relay (20pts): bronze
  4x100m Freestyle Relay (34pts): 4th
  4x50m Medley Relay (20pts): 6th

• 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games
• 100m Freestyle (S6): 9th
  100m Breaststroke (SB7): gold
  200m Individual Medley (SM6): gold
  4x50m Freestyle Medley (20pts): bronze
  4x100m Medley Relay (34 pts): silver

• 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games
• 50m Freestyle (S7): 25th
  100m Freestyle (S7): 25th
  100m Breaststroke (SB7): silver

• 2012 British Championships, London, UK
• 100m Freestyle: 9th
  100m Breaststroke: gold
  50m Butterfly: gold
  200m Individual Medley: gold

• 2011 British International Disability Swimming Championships, Sheffield, UK
• 100m Breaststroke: gold
  200m Individual Medley: gold

• 2011 British Championships, Manchester, UK
• 50m Butterfly: gold
  200m Individual Medley: gold

• 2010 IPC World Championships, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
• 50m Butterfly (S6): silver
  200m Individual Medley (SM6): gold

• 2010 BT Paralympic World Cup, Manchester, UK
• 200m Individual Medley (SM6): gold

• 2010 British Championships, Sheffield, UK
• 50m Butterfly: gold
  100m Butterfly: silver
  200m Individual Medley: gold

• 2009 IPC European Championships, Reykjavik, Iceland
• 100m Backstroke (S6): 4th
  100m Breaststroke (SB7): gold
  50m Butterfly (S6): gold
  200m Individual Medley (SM7): gold
  4x50m Medley Relay (20pts): silver

• 2009 IPC World Swimming Championships (25m), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• 100m Breaststroke (SB7): silver
  50m Butterfly (S6): gold
  100m Individual Medley (SM6): gold
  200m Individual Medley (SM6): gold

• 2009 British Championships, Sheffield, UK
• 100m Breaststroke: gold

• 2008 Paralympic World Cup, Manchester, UK
• 200m Individual Medley (SM6) gold

• 2008 British Championships, Sheffield, UK
• 50m Freestyle: 5th
  100m Breaststroke: gold
  50m Butterfly: gold
  200m Individual Medley: gold