Kirby Cote

Kirby Cote (born April 29, 1984) is a blind Canadian Paralympic swimmer.

Cote first competed for Canada at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, where she won gold in both the 100 metre breaststroke SB13 and the 200 metre individual medley SM13 setting new world record times of 1:19.43[2] and 2:29.59[3] respectively.

[5] At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, Cote won bronze in the 100 metre EAD freestyle.

Competing against swimmers in other classifications, Cote covered the distance in a Games record time of 1:01.76,[6] 1.88 seconds over her target time.

[26] Cote was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.