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}} Bethany Firth (born 14 February 1996) is a Northern Irish Paralympic swimmer competing for Great Britain as of 2014; previously Firth had competed, and won a gold medal, for Ireland at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Firth was born in Seaforde, County Down and competes in the S14 classification. ==Swimming career== On 31 August, 2012 Firth, competing for Ireland in her first Paralympics, won a gold medal at the 2012 Paralympic games in London in the S14 100 metres backstroke final while representing Ireland.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-19445943 )〕 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/athlete/firth-bethany-5505655/ )〕 Firth, who has learning difficulties, had been swimming for only three years. Firth won three silver medals at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Third silver for Firth at IPC World Championships in Montreal )〕 Later in the same year she announced her intention to switch national team and swim for Team GB instead of Ireland after serving a period out of competition. The following year she represented Northern Ireland in the 2014 Commonwealth Games, competing in seven events against able-bodied athletes. In March 2015 Firth broke the world record for the S14 100m breaststroke in qualifying for the IPC World Championships. Firth failed to compete in the World Championships after suffering a fractured wrist in training just a few days before the competition. 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「Bethany Firth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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