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Ahmed Kelly (born 18 November 1991) is an Iraqi born Australian swimmer. He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in swimming's 50 metre breaststroke. He did not medal at the 2012 Games. ==Personal== Nicknamed Liquid Nails, Kelly was born on 18 November 1991 in Baghdad, Iraq with a double arm and leg deficiency. Until the age of seven, he lived in at Baghdad's Mother Teresa Orphanage with his brother, Emmanuel who has a similar disability.〔〔〔 Moira Kelly on her own with her parents help met the brothers in 1998 and brought them to Victoria, Australia in 2000 to get medical care for their disability. Kelly's treatment involved having parts of his legs removed that were deficient, and then being fitted with prosthesis.〔 Moira adopted the brothers in 2000.〔 In 2009, he became an Australian citizen.〔 He attended Carey Baptist Grammar School in Kew, Melbourne. He was featured on the ABC's "Race to London".〔 In 2013 he commenced university studying Bachelor of Arts at La Trobe University in Melbourne and dreams of working in the media as a sports commentator in the future. Ahmed is training for the para Olympic Games in Rio 2015 His brother has appeared on Australia's ''X-Factor.''〔 He has Bangladeshi-born twin sisters who were conjoined at birth. They attend his swimming meets to cheer for Kelly.〔〔 Kelly played Australian rules football for a team in Kilmore, Victoria. When playing, he did not wear prosthetic arms.〔〔〔 He played Australian Rules for his school's Year 7/8 team.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ahmed Kelly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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