Kane Follows

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Kane Follows
Personal information
NationalityNew Zealand
Born (1997-05-27) 27 May 1997 (age 29)
Auckland, New Zealand
Height1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
ClubNeptune Swim Club
CoachLars Humer

Kane Follows (born 27 May 1997) is a New Zealand swimmer who competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1]

Follows was born and raised in Auckland. He attended One Tree Hill College in Auckland and the University of Hawai'i.[2]

Swimming career

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Follows currently lives and trains in Dunedin under Lars Humer.[3][4] Previous to training in Dunedin with the Neptune Swim Club, Follows also trained at Mt Eden Swimming,[5] North Shore Swimming Club[6] and the University of Hawai'i.[7]

He first represented New Zealand at a senior level in the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Melbourne with a 14th place finish in the 200 metres backstroke in a time of 1:53.11.[8][9][10]

At the 2024 New Zealand Olympic Trials, Follows won the 200 metres backstroke breaking the New Zealand record (set by Gareth Kean in 2012), with a time of 1:57.13 and qualified for the Olympics.[11]

At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Follows finished 21st in the 200 metres backstroke with a time of 1:58.63 and 33rd in the 100 metres backstroke.[12]

References

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