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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.

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New Zealand Herald

Reference: 13 July 1996, p. 24

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John McBeth, Swimming – International success, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/40217/paul-kent-in-training-1996 (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by John McBeth, published 30 November 2012, updated 27 January 2015.