Kieran Bird Explained

Kieran James Bird (born 2 September 1999) is a British swimmer who competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics.^{[2] [3]}

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 replaced by Matt Richards for the final, as a heat swimmer he was awarded a gold medal when the British team won.^{[8] [9]}

External links

• • • • Kieran Bird at Team Wales (archived)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kieran Bird . Olympedia . 9 August 2021.
2. Web site: Bicester swimmer Kieran Bird picked for Tokyo Olympics . Oxford Mail . 29 April 2021 . 21 May 2021.
3. News: 'We're not going to Tokyo for the tracksuits' - meet two rising stars of Welsh swimming . BBC Sport . 17 May 2021 . 21 May 2021.
4. Web site: 15 Old Millfieldians prepare for the Commonwealth Games 2022 . . 26 October 2022 . 21 July 2022.
5. Web site: Men's 400 metre freestyle: Start list . Budapest 2000 . 21 May 2021.
6. Web site: Speedo Aquatics GB Swimming Championships 2024 . Swimming.org . 9 April 2024.
7. News: Paris Olympics 2024: Team GB name swimming squad for Games . BBC Sport . 16 April 2024 . 16 April 2024.
8. Web site: GB retain relay title to win first swimming gold . BBC Sport . Matthew Henry . 30 July 2024 . 30 July 2024.
9. Web site: BIRD Kieran . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20241006161232/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/kieran-bird_1903531 . 6 October 2024. (alternate link)