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Ahmed Kelly represents Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics

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Ahmed Kelly (born 18 November 1991) is an Iraqi-born Australian Paralympic swimmer. He has been selected to represent Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics,[1] and he competed at the 2012 London Paralympics. Philip Sacca met Ahmed when he arrived to Melbourne after being brought to Australia by Moira kelly, who adopted him later. We spoke to Mr Sacca about the long journey of Ahmed and his amazing acheivements.



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