Ruby Storm

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Ruby Storm
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (2003-11-18) 18 November 2003 (age 18)
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportParalympic swimming
Disability class, SB14, SM14
ClubUSC Spartans
Coached byNathan Doyle
Medal record
Paralympic swimming
Representing  Australia
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay S14
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 100 m butterfly S14
World Para Swimming Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 London Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay S14

Ruby Storm (born 18 November 2003)[1] is an Australian Paralympic swimmer with an intellectual disability. She represented Australia at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships, winning a bronze medal, and at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, she won a silver and bronze medal.[2]

Personal[]

Storm was born on 18 November 2003 and grew up in Traralgon, Victoria. She has indigenous heritage.[3]

Swimming career[]

As a child Storm was scared of the water but she learnt to swim by observing her older sister.[4] She is classified as an S14 swimmer. She smashed records at the 2018 Para Pan Pac trials in winning the 200m freestyle event.[4] At the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships, London, she was a member of the Australian team that won the bronze medal in the Mixed 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay S14. She also competed in the Women's 200m Freestyle S14, Women's 100m Breaststroke SB14, Women's 200m Individual Medley SM14 and Women's 100m Butterfly S14.[1]

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, Storm won a silver medal in the Mixed 4 x 100 m Freestyle S14 and the bronze medal in the Women's 100 m butterfly S14. She made three other individual finals.[5]

Storm was coached by Deen Gooch in Traralgon but, as of 2021, is coached by Nathan Doyle at USC Spartans.

Recognition[]

  • 2018 – Junior Annual Gippstar Winner[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Ruby Storm". 2019 World Para Swimming Championships website. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Paralympics Australia Names Powerful Para-Swimming Team For Tokyo". Paralympics Australia. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  3. ^ Media Guide Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games (PDF). Sydney: Paralympics Australia. 2021. p. 34.
  4. ^ a b "Ruby ready to take Pan Pacifics by Storm". Latrobe Valley Express. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Ruby Storm Results". Tokyo Paralympics Official Results. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Junior Annual Gippstar Winners". Gippsland Sports Academy. Retrieved 16 September 2019.

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