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Ahmed Kelly
Ahmed Kelly (born 18 November 1991) is an Iraqi-born Australian Paralympic swimmer. He has competed at four Paralympics Games, winning two silver medals.
Nicknamed "Liquid Nails", Kelly was born on 18 November 1991 in Baghdad, Iraq with a double arm and leg deficiency. Until the age of seven, he lived at Baghdad's Mother Teresa Orphanage with his brother, Emmanuel who has a similar disability. Moira Kelly, on her own, met the brothers in 1998 and with her parents' help, brought them to Victoria, Australia in 2000 to get medical care for their disability. Kelly's treatment involved having parts of his legs removed that were deficient, and then being fitted with prosthesis. Moira adopted the brothers in 2000. In 2009, he became an Australian citizen. Ahmed attended secondary school at Assumption College Kilmore, in Kilmore, Victoria from year levels 7 to 10 and Carey Grammar for levels 11 & 12. His primary school was St.Patrick's Primary School Kilmore, in Kilmore, Victoria also. He was featured on the ABC's "Race to London". In 2013, he commenced studying a Bachelor of Arts at La Trobe University in Melbourne and completed it in 2021.
His brother has appeared on Australia's X-Factor. He has Bangladeshi-born twin sisters who were conjoined at birth. They attend his swimming meets to cheer for Kelly.
Kelly played Australian rules football for a team in Kilmore, Victoria. When playing, he did not wear prosthetic arms. He played Australian Rules for his school's Year 7/8 team.
Kelly is an S4, SB3 (breaststroke), SM4 (individual medley) classified swimmer.He has been coached by Brad Harris, Yuriy Vdovychenko and in 2024 by Alex Hirschauer. He has a scholarship with the Victorian Institute of Sport.
He started swimming in 2008, after making a switch from Australian rules football.
Kelly first represented Australia in 2009 at the Darwin, Northern Territory hosted Oceania Paralympic Championships.
In 2009, he competed in the Arafura Games. He competed in the 2010 Australian National Championships, finishing first in the 100 metre breaststroke event in world record time.
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Ahmed Kelly
Ahmed Kelly (born 18 November 1991) is an Iraqi-born Australian Paralympic swimmer. He has competed at four Paralympics Games, winning two silver medals.
Nicknamed "Liquid Nails", Kelly was born on 18 November 1991 in Baghdad, Iraq with a double arm and leg deficiency. Until the age of seven, he lived at Baghdad's Mother Teresa Orphanage with his brother, Emmanuel who has a similar disability. Moira Kelly, on her own, met the brothers in 1998 and with her parents' help, brought them to Victoria, Australia in 2000 to get medical care for their disability. Kelly's treatment involved having parts of his legs removed that were deficient, and then being fitted with prosthesis. Moira adopted the brothers in 2000. In 2009, he became an Australian citizen. Ahmed attended secondary school at Assumption College Kilmore, in Kilmore, Victoria from year levels 7 to 10 and Carey Grammar for levels 11 & 12. His primary school was St.Patrick's Primary School Kilmore, in Kilmore, Victoria also. He was featured on the ABC's "Race to London". In 2013, he commenced studying a Bachelor of Arts at La Trobe University in Melbourne and completed it in 2021.
His brother has appeared on Australia's X-Factor. He has Bangladeshi-born twin sisters who were conjoined at birth. They attend his swimming meets to cheer for Kelly.
Kelly played Australian rules football for a team in Kilmore, Victoria. When playing, he did not wear prosthetic arms. He played Australian Rules for his school's Year 7/8 team.
Kelly is an S4, SB3 (breaststroke), SM4 (individual medley) classified swimmer.He has been coached by Brad Harris, Yuriy Vdovychenko and in 2024 by Alex Hirschauer. He has a scholarship with the Victorian Institute of Sport.
He started swimming in 2008, after making a switch from Australian rules football.
Kelly first represented Australia in 2009 at the Darwin, Northern Territory hosted Oceania Paralympic Championships.
In 2009, he competed in the Arafura Games. He competed in the 2010 Australian National Championships, finishing first in the 100 metre breaststroke event in world record time.
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