Tully Kearney

Tully Kearney
MBE
Personal information
Full nameTully Alicia Jacqueline Kearney[1]
NationalityBritish
Born (1997-04-11) 11 April 1997 (age 27)
Nottingham, England
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, backstroke, butterfly
ClassificationsS5 due to dystonia in lower body
ClubLoughborough University Swimming Club (Coach: Andy Wallace)
College teamManchester Metropolitan University
Medal record
Women's para swimming
Representing  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 100 m freestyle S5
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 100 m freestyle S5
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 200 m freestyle S5
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 200 m freestyle S5
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow 100m butterfly S9
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow 400m freestyle S9
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow 200m medley SM9
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow 4 x 100-metre medley 34pts
Gold medal – first place 2019 London 50m freestyle S5
Gold medal – first place 2019 London 100m freestyle S5
Gold medal – first place 2019 London 200m freestyle S5
Gold medal – first place 2022 Madeira 50m freestyle S5
Gold medal – first place 2022 Madeira 100m freestyle S5
Gold medal – first place 2022 Madeira 200m freestyle S5
Silver medal – second place 2015 Glasgow 100m backstroke S9
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Montreal 400m freestyle S10
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Glasgow 4x100 freestyle relay 34pts
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Dublin 100m freestyle S5
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Dublin 50m freestyle S5

Tully Alicia Jacqueline Kearney MBE (born 11 April 1997) is a British Paralympic swimmer. Kearney currently competes in the S5/SB4/SM5 classification for swimmers with physical disabilities.[2] She won gold and silver at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and followed this up at the Paris 2024 Games with two further gold medals, including retaining her 100 m freestyle S5 title.[3] Since first competing at the World Para Swimming Championships in 2013 she has won thirteen World Championship medals, ten of which are gold. Kearney is a multiple British, European and World record holder.[4][5]

  1. ^ "New Year Honours 2022: Lynne Baird honoured for bleed kit campaign". 31 December 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  2. ^ "ParalympicsGB names 23 swimmers bound for Tokyo 2020". British Swimming. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  3. ^ Hudson, Elizabeth (30 August 2024). "Kearney and Summers-Newton power to swimming golds". BBC. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  4. ^ "British Para-Swimming Female Long Course Records" (PDF). AquaticsGB. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Para Swimming Records". Paralympics/World Para Swimming. Retrieved 18 September 2024.