Ahmed Kelly

Achievements

Since representing Australia for the first time in 2009 at the Oceania Paralympic Championships in Darwin, Kelly has competed at two Paralympic Games (London 2012 and Rio 2016), as well as national and world champs. In 2014 he won two gold medals at the Para Pan Pacific Championships in Pasadena (USA) and most recently, he claimed silver medals in the Men’s 50m Breaststroke (SB3) and Mixed Freestyle Relay (20 Points) at the 2018 Pan Pacific Para Championships on home soil in Cairns. Affectionately known as ‘Liquid Nails’, Kelly currently trains in Canberra under the watchful eye of coach, Yuriy Vdovychenko.

Paralympics
London, England 2012

• Placed 4^th in the Men’s 50m Breaststroke (SB3)

Rio, Brazil 2016

• Placed 6^th in the Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay (20 Points)
• Placed 7^th in the Men’s 50m Breaststroke (SB3)

IPC World Championships 
Glasgow, Scotland 2015

• Placed 6^th in the Men’s 50m Breaststroke (SB3)

Pan Pacific Para Championships 
Pasadena, USA 2014

• Won gold in the Men’s 150m Individual Medley (S4)
• Won gold in the Men’s 50m Breaststroke (SB3)
• Won silver 4x50m Medley Relay

Cairns, Australia 2018

• Won silver in the Men’s 50m Breaststroke (SB3),
• Won silver in the Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay (20 Points)