{{short description|Australian Paralympic swimmer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Kingsley Bugarin | image = Kingsley Bugarin.jpg | image_size = | caption = After Rottnest channel swim 2005 | fullname = Kingsley Haldane Bugarin | nicknames = Biggles | nationality = {{AUS}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1968|8|3}} | birth_place = Mount Lawley, Western Australia | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.78 m | weight = 73 kg | website = {{URL|kingsleybugarin.com.au|KingsleyBugarin.com.au}} | strokes = Breaststroke, Individual Medley, Freestyle, Butterfly | club = [http://www.swanhillsswimmingclub.org.au/ Swan Hills swimming club] | collegeteam = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's swimming }} {{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }} {{MedalCompetition | INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS }} {{MedalCompetition | Paralympic Games }} {{MedalGold | 1996 Atlanta | 100m Breaststroke B2 }} {{MedalGold | 1996 Atlanta | 200m Breaststroke B2 }} {{MedalGold | 1996 Atlanta | 200m Individual Medley B2 }} {{MedalGold | 2000 Sydney | 100m Breaststroke SB12 }} {{MedalGold | 2000 Sydney | 200m Individual Medley SM12 }} {{MedalSilver | 1984 New York | 50m Freestyle B3 }} {{MedalSilver | 1984 New York | 50m Breaststroke B3 }} {{MedalSilver | 1992 Barcelona | 100m Breaststroke B2 }} {{MedalSilver | 1992 Barcelona | 200m Breaststroke B2 }} {{MedalSilver | 1992 Barcelona | 200m Individual Medley B2 }} {{MedalSilver | 1996 Atlanta | 100m Butterfly B2 }} {{MedalSilver | 1996 Atlanta | 100m Freestyle B2 }} {{MedalSilver | 2000 Sydney | 400m Freestyle S12 }} {{MedalBronze | 1984 New York | 400m Breaststroke B3 }} {{MedalBronze | 1988 Seoul | 50m Breaststroke B3 }} {{MedalBronze | 1988 Seoul | 100m Breaststroke B3 }} {{MedalBronze | 1988 Seoul | 200m Breaststroke B3 }} {{MedalBronze | 1992 Barcelona | 50m Freestyle B2 }} {{MedalBronze | 1996 Atlanta | 400m Freestyle B2 }} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships }} {{MedalGold | 1990 Assen | 200m Individual Medley }} {{MedalGold | 1994 Valletta | 100m Breaststroke }} {{MedalGold | 1998 Madrid | 100m Breaststroke }} {{MedalGold | 1998 Madrid | 200m Breaststroke }} {{MedalGold | 1998 Madrid | 200m Individual Medley }} {{MedalGold | 1998 Madrid | 100m Butterfly }} {{MedalSilver | 1990 Assen | 100m Breaststroke }} {{MedalSilver | 1990 Assen | 200m Breaststroke }} {{MedalSilver | 1994 Valletta | 50m Freestyle }} {{MedalBronze | 1986 Gothenburg| 100m Breaststroke }} {{MedalBronze | 1990 Assen| 50m Freestyle }} {{MedalBronze | 1994 Valletta | 100m Freestyle }} {{MedalCompetition | FESPIC games }} {{MedalGold | 1989 Kobe | 100m Backstroke }} {{MedalGold | 1989 Kobe | 200m Individual Medley }} {{MedalGold | 1989 Kobe | 100m Breaststroke }} {{MedalGold | 1994 Beijing | 50m Freestyle }} {{MedalGold | 1994 Beijing | 200m Individual Medley }} {{MedalGold | 1994 Beijing | 100m Breaststroke }} {{MedalGold | 1994 Beijing | 200m Breaststroke }} {{MedalCompetition | British Telecom National Swimming Championships }} {{MedalGold | 1998 Sheffield | 100m Breaststroke }} {{MedalGold | 1998 Sheffield | 200m Individual Medley }} {{MedalGold | 1999 Sheffield | 100m Breaststroke }} {{MedalGold | 1999 Sheffield | 200m Individual Medley }} {{MedalSilver | 1998 Sheffield | 100m Freestyle }} {{MedalSilver | 1998 Sheffield | 100m Butterfly }} {{MedalSilver | 1999 Sheffield | 100m Butterfly }} {{MedalSilver | 1999 Sheffield | 400m Freestyle }} {{MedalBronze | 1999 Sheffield | 50m Freestyle }} {{MedalCompetition | German Open Disabled Swimming Championships }} {{MedalGold | 1999 Braunschweig | 50m Breaststroke }} {{MedalGold | 1999 Braunschweig | 100m Breaststroke }} {{MedalGold | 1999 Braunschweig | 200m Individual Medley }} {{MedalGold | 1999 Braunschweig | 400m Freestyle }} {{MedalSilver | 1999 Braunschweig | 100m Butterfly }} {{MedalBronze | 1999 Braunschweig | 50m Freestyle }} {{MedalBronze | 1999 Braunschweig | 100m Freestyle }} {{MedalBronze | 1999 Braunschweig | 50m Butterfly }} {{MedalCompetition | NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS }} {{MedalGold | 1982 Perth | 5 Gold }} {{MedalGold | 1983 Brisbane | 3 Gold }} {{MedalGold | 1984 Melbourne | 1 Gold }} {{MedalGold | 1985 Canberra | 7 Gold }} {{MedalGold | 1986 Adelaide | 4 Gold }} {{MedalGold | 1988 Perth | 7 Gold }} {{MedalGold | 1989 Brisbane | 4 Gold }} {{MedalGold | 1990 Melbourne | 5 Gold }} {{MedalGold | 1992 Adelaide | 8 Gold }} {{MedalGold | 1993 Adelaide | 3 Gold }} {{MedalGold | 1994 Darwin | 3 Gold }} {{MedalGold | 1996 Sydney | 1 Gold }} {{MedalGold | 1997 Brisbane | 3 Gold }} {{MedalGold | 1998 Melbourne | 2 Gold }} {{MedalGold | 1999 Brisbane | 1 Gold }} {{MedalGold | 2000 Sydney | 2 Gold }} {{MedalSilver | 1983 Brisbane | 6 Silver }} {{MedalSilver | 1984 Melbourne | 6 Silver }} {{MedalSilver | 1985 Canberra | 1 Silver }} {{MedalSilver | 1986 Adelaide | 3 Silver }} {{MedalSilver | 1997 Brisbane | 3 Silver }} {{MedalSilver | 1999 Brisbane | 2 Silver }} {{MedalBronze | 1996 Sydney | 1 Bronze }} {{MedalBronze | 1998 Melbourne | 2 Bronze }} {{MedalBronze | 1999 Brisbane | 1 Bronze }} {{MedalBronze | 2000 Sydney | 1 Bronze }} {{MedalCompetition | WESTERN AUSTRALIA STATE OPEN WATER }} {{MedalGold | 2008/09 round 3 | o/35 2.5km }} {{MedalSilver | 2007/08 round 3 | o/35 2.5km }} {{MedalSilver | 2009/10 round 1 | o/35 2.5km }} {{MedalSilver | 2009/10 round 3 | o/35 5km }} {{MedalSilver | 2010/11 round 4 | o/35 5km }} {{MedalSilver | 2012/13 round 4 | o/35 5km }} {{MedalBronze | 2011/12 round 4 | o/35 5km }} }} left|thumb|Australian S12 swimmer Kingsley Bugarin swims breaststroke at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games
'''Kingsley Haldane Bugarin''', OAM<ref name="oam">{{cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/887493 |title=Bugarin, Kingsley Haldane, OAM |publisher=It's an Honour |accessdate=15 January 2012}}</ref> (born 3 August 1968)<ref>{{cite book |title=Xth Paralympic Games Atlanta U.S.A. August 15-25 1996 : Australia : team handbook |year=1996 |publisher=Australian Paralympic Federation |location=Sydney |pages=70}}</ref> is an Australian Paralympic and vision impaired swimmer. He competed in five consecutive Summer Paralympics from 1984 to 2000, winning a total of five gold, eight silver, and six bronze medals.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/kingsley-bugarin |title=Kingsley Bugarin |website=Paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |access-date= }}</ref> He held the Australian record for the highest Paralympic medal count until it was surpassed in 2012 by Matthew Cowdrey.<ref>{{cite news |last=Foreman |first=Glenn |title=Matt Cowdrey becomes Australia's greatest Paralympian with 11th gold medal |url=http://www.news.com.au/sport/more-sport/matt-cowdrey-becomes-australias-greatest-paralympian-with-11th-gold-medal/story-fndukor0-1226466064367 |accessdate=5 September 2012 |newspaper=News Limited Network |date=6 September 2012 |archive-date=6 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906054647/http://www.news.com.au/sport/more-sport/matt-cowdrey-becomes-australias-greatest-paralympian-with-11th-gold-medal/story-fndukor0-1226466064367 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Personal== He was born 3 August 1968 in Mount Lawley, Western Australia. He attended La Salle College, Perth.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hall of Excellene 2008 Inductees |url=http://www.lasalle.wa.edu.au/news_events/hallofexcellence/2008_inductees.pdf |work=La Salle College Website |accessdate=15 March 2012}}</ref> Bugarin married Indonesian triathlete Yanti Ardie during the SunSmart IRONMAN at Busselton, Western Australia in December 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://ap.ironman.com/triathlon-news/articles/2014/11/ironman-couple-run-for-life.aspx#axzz4o5LsdjXe|title=IRONMAN Couple Run For Life|last=Hoy|first=Daniel|date=29 November 2014|access-date=28 July 2017}}</ref> Bugarin works as an information technology consultant.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.busseltonmail.com.au/story/2743412/running-down-the-aisle-for-an-ironman-wedding/|title=Wedding bells sound for Busselton Ironman competitors|date=4 December 2014|work=Busselton Mail|access-date=22 May 2019}}</ref>
== Swimming == Before his swimming career, Bugarin competed in track and field. At the age of 14, he took up competitive swimming training at Swan Hills Swimming Club in Midvale, Western Australia.
As a 16-year-old at the 1984 New York Paralympics, he won two silver medals and a bronze medal. He followed this up with three bronze medals at 1988 Seoul Paralympics.<ref name=":0" />
At the 1990 IPC Swimming Championships in Assen, he won one gold, two silver and won bronze medal. This was followed up with three silver medals and one bronze medal at 1992 Barcelona. At the 1994 IPC Swimming Championships in Valenta, he won one gold, two silver and one bronze medals.
At the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics, he had his most successful Paralympics winning three gold, two silver and one bronze medals.<ref name=":0" /> He won four gold medals at 1999 IPC Swimming World Championships in Madrid.
During the late 1990s in the lead up to the Sydney Paralympics Bugarin moved to Claremont Uni Swimming Club to train with Matt Brown at the UWA Aquatic Centre and then called, Challenge Stadium.
At his final Paralympics, he won two gold and one silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics.<ref name=":0" />
At the end of his career, Bugarin's overall international medal tally shows a total of 32 gold medals, 19 silver medals and 13 bronze medals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kingsleybugarin.com.au/kingsley.bugarin/medals.htm|title=medal tally|last=OAM|first=Kingsley Bugarin|website=kingsleybugarin.com.au|access-date=2017-07-28}}</ref> Over the duration of his career, Bugarin has won a total of 155 medals in competitions ranging from National Championships to Paralympic Games.
As of May 2019, Bugarin holds the world record for the 200 m breaststroke in class S12 with a time of 2:34.08 which he set on 19 October 1999 in Perth.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/swimming/records|title=World Records - World Para Swimming|website=International Paralympic Committee website|access-date=22 May 2019}}</ref>
Bugarin is officially retired from high level competition but still trains and competes in open water swimming and triathlon events.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://assets.imgstg.com/assets/console/document/documents/Point%20system%20template%20Cottesloe.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010213856/http://assets.imgstg.com/assets/console/document/documents/Point%20system%20template%20Cottesloe.pdf |url-status=usurped |archive-date=10 October 2016 |title=OWS Round 8 - Cottesloe Series Points |publisher=Swimming WA |page=1}}</ref>
He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder from 1997 to 1999 in swimming.<ref name=excellence>{{cite book |title=Australian Institute of Sport : celebrating excellence |last=Nihil |first=G. |publisher=Focus Publishing |year=2006 |isbn=1-921156-16-3 |page=105}}</ref>
== Achievements ==
In 1997, he received the Order of Australia (OAM) in recognition of service to sport as a gold medallist at the Atlanta Paralympic Games 1996.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/887493|title=Kingsley Bugarin|website=It's An Honour|access-date=22 May 2019}}</ref>
In 2000, he received an Australian Sports Medal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/887493 |title=Bugarin, Kingsley: Australian Sports Medal |publisher=It's an Honour |accessdate=15 January 2012}}</ref>
In 2008 he was inducted into the Western Australian Swimming Association Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wa.swimming.org.au/visageimages/Annual_Reports/200708AnnualReport.pdf |title=Swimming WA annual report 2007/08 |publisher=Swimming WA |page=25 |access-date=10 October 2016 |archive-date=22 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322022436/https://wa.swimming.org.au/visageimages/Annual_Reports/200708AnnualReport.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 2019, he was made a Legend of the Western Australian Swimming Association Hall of Fame. He was the third swimmer to be made a Legend.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wa.swimming.org.au/sites/default/files/assets/documents/Hall%20of%20Legends%20-%20Bugarin.pdf|title=Kingsley Bugarin OAM|website=Swimming Western Australia|access-date=22 May 2019}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category}} * {{Official website|http://kingsleybugarin.com.au|Kingsley Bugarin's official website}} * {{IPC athlete|kingsley-bugarin}} * [http://www.swanhillsswimmingclub.org.au/ The Swan Hills Swimming Club]
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