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Dean Booth
Medal record
Men's para swimming
Representing New Zealand
Paralympic Games

Dean Booth, born in 1977,^[1] is a paralympic swimmer from New Zealand competing mainly in category S7 events.

Biography

Booth attended Lynfield College in Auckland.^[2]

Booth was part of the New Zealand Paralympic swim team that made the short trip to Sydney for the 2000 Summer Paralympics. There he broke the world record and won the 400 m freestyle race narrowly beating Great Britain's David Roberts. Roberts got revenge in the 100 m freestyle where he won in a new games record while Booth finished third and 50 m freestyle where he broke the world record and Booth finished fourth.^[3]

References

^ "Dean Booth #117". Paralympics New Zealand. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
^ Reidy, Jade (2013). Not Just Passing Through: the Making of Mt Roskill (2nd ed.). Auckland: Puketāpapa Local Board. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-927216-97-2. OCLC 889931177. Wikidata Q116775081.
^ "Dean Booth". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.

External links

Dean Booth at Paralympics New Zealand
Dean Booth at the International Paralympic Committee

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[1] "Dean Booth #117". Paralympics New Zealand. Retrieved 19 June 2020.

[Roskill-2] Reidy, Jade (2013). Not Just Passing Through: the Making of Mt Roskill (2nd ed.). Auckland: Puketāpapa Local Board. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-927216-97-2. OCLC 889931177. Wikidata Q116775081.

[3] "Dean Booth". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.

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