Mitchell Kilduff (born 29 February 1996) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in swimming. He achieved 5th place in the 200 metre freestyle event at the 2012 Games.
Early life Kilduff was born on 29 February 1996, and is from Carlton, New South Wales. He was diagnosed with autism when he was six years old. During his early school years, he faced considerable challenges. Following that, he was home schooled. In 2009, he attended Endeavour Sports High School. , he is a student at Kingsgrove North High School while mentoring other swimmers with autism.
Swimming career Kilduff is an S14 classified swimmer, who has set world records in several events including the long course 50m butterfly, 50m freestyle, the 100m butterfly, the 400m freestyle, and the source course 50m butterfly events in his classification. He is a member of SLC Aquadot and his coach is Gavin Stewart, who began coaching him in 2009. He has competed against able-bodied athletes.
Kilduff started swimming in 2006, and began taking lessons in 2007. In 2009, he was training seven days a week.
At the 2010 Australian national championships, Kilduff earned two gold medals. The following year at the same competition, he earned a total of seven medals, three of them gold. In 2011, he had nine swimming training sessions a week, with each session lasting about two hours. At the 2011 Australian Age Multi-Class Championships hosted at the Australian Institute of Sport pool, he won seven gold medals.
Kilduff first represented Australia in 2011, making his debut at the Arafura Games. At the Italian-hosted 2011 Global Games, he won a pair of silver medals and four gold medals. His silver medals came in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay event and the 200m freestyle event where he had a time of 2:03.12. He earned a gold in the 50m freestyle event in a time of 25.78. He was selected to represent Australian Paralympics in swimming. He did not medal at the 2012 Games.
Personal bests +CourseEventTimeMeetSwim DateReferenceLong50m Backstroke31.112012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships20-Mar-12Long100m Backstroke01:10.52011 NSW State Open Championsh11-Feb-11Long50m Breaststroke33.162011 NSW Metropolitan Champion11-Dec-10Long100m Breaststroke01:14.82011 Telstra Australian Swimmi1-Apr-11Long200m Breaststroke03:03.62009 NSW State 10/U-12 Years A10-Jan-09Long50m Butterfly27.092015 Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Championships5-Apr-15Long100m Butterfly01:00.72012 NSW State Age 13–18 Years Championships15-Jan-12Long200m Butterfly02:21.22012 NSW State Age 13–18 Years Championships11-Jan-12Long50m Freestyle24.842012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships16-Mar-12Long100m Freestyle55.712012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships19-Mar-12Long200m Freestyle02:04.12012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships18-Mar-12Long400m Freestyle04:26.72012 NSW State Open Championships All Events11-Feb-12Long800m Freestyle09:37.02010 NSW State 13–18 Years Age4-Jan-10Long200m Medley02:24.02011 Telstra Australian Swimmi1-Apr-11Short50m Backstroke30.762012 NSW Metropolitan SC Championships15-Jul-12Short100m Backstroke01:08.52012 NSW SC Qualifying Meet19-May-12Short50m Breaststroke32.672011 Australian Short Course Championships2-Jul-11Short100m Breaststroke01:12.52012 NSW SC Qualifying Meet20-May-12Short50m Butterfly27.452011 Australian Short Course Championships3-Jul-11Short100m Butterfly01:00.42011 Australian Short Course Championships2-Jul-11Short200m Butterfly02:16.32011 NSW State Age SC Championships14-Aug-11Short50m Freestyle24.892010 NSW State Age SC Champion13-Aug-10Short100m Freestyle552011 NSW State Age SC Championships12-Aug-11Short200m Freestyle02:02.42011 NSW Metropolitan SC Championships16-Jul-11Short100m Medley01:22.02007 NSW SC Development Meet30-Sep-07Short200m Medley02:24.92011 Australian Short Course Championships1-Jul-11
References
External links Mitchell Kilduff at Swimming Australia (archived)