Name: Cailin Currie
Sport: Swimming
Event(s): 100-meter Freestyle, 400-meter Freestyle, 100-meter Backstroke, 100-meter Butterfly
Classification: S13, SB13, SM13
Height: 5-7
DOB: 6/11/1998
Birthplace: Danvers, Mass.
Hometown: Salem, Mass.
High School: Essex Technical High School (Hathorne, Mass.) ‘17
College: Merrimack College ‘21, Early Childhood Education
Team/Club: North Andover/Andover YMCA Hurricanes
Paralympic Experience
- Two-time Paralympian (2016, 2020)
- Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020
- Paralympic Games Rio 2016
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2015 – 8th (100-meter butterfly))
- Years of Participation: 2013, 2015
- Top finish: 4th – 2013 (100-meter butterfly, 400-meter freestyle)
Personal:
Currie made her way to the pool after a recommendation from a physical therapist and encouragement from her family...She has aniridia, a visual impairment caused by the absence of the irises and is legally blind....While she first got in the pool at age six months, she began training at age nine...After making her senior international debut at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships, Currie has been a staple of U.S. Paralympic Swimming...Interests include kayaking, cooking and biking...If she had a superpower, it would be to fly...Favorite song is “7 Years”
