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Kōrero: Swimming

Paul Kent in training, 1996

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Paul Kent in training, 1996

By 1996 Paul Kent was New Zealand’s champion breaststroke swimmer, having broken 37 national records. In addition, with Jon Winter, Trent Bray and Guy Callaghan, he had won gold in the 4 x 100-metre medley at the World Short Course Championships the year before.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

New Zealand Herald

Reference: 13 July 1996, p. 24

by Brett Phibbs

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

John McBeth, Swimming – International success, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/40217/paul-kent-in-training-1996 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John McBeth, i tāngia i te 30 November 2012, updated 27 January 2015.