Nikita Howarth

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Nikita Howarth
Personal information
Born (1998-12-24) 24 December 1998 (age 25)
Hamilton, New Zealand
Sport
Sport Swimming
Club Cambridge Swimming Club
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  New Zealand
Summer Paralympics
IPC World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Montreal 200m medley SM7
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow 200m medley SM7
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow 50m butterfly S7
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Montreal 50m butterfly S7

Nikita Howarth (born 24 December 1998) is a New Zealand Paralympic swimmer. On her debut at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Howarth became New Zealand's youngest ever Paralympian at age 13 years 8 months. In 2013, she won a gold medal and a bronze medal at the IPC Swimming World Championships in Montreal.[1][2]

Howarth was born in Hamilton, with a bilateral upper limb deficiency; both her arms end below the elbow and she has no hands.[1] She resides in the nearby satellite town of Cambridge and is a student at Cambridge High School.[3]

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