Duane Kale

Duane Paul Kale ONZM (born 1 September 1967) is a New Zealand Paralympic swimmer.

Duane Kale won four gold medals, along with a silver and a bronze, at the 1996 Summer Paralympics.

This remains the most successful medal haul of any New Zealander in a single Paralympics or Olympics.

Kale retired as an athlete after Atlanta 1996, but went on to be Team Manager at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games.

[1][2] In the 1997 New Year Honours, Kale was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to swimming.