Dianne Barr

{{Short description|British swimmer}}

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| sport = Paralympic swimming

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|9|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Northern Ireland

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{{Medal|Sport|Paralympic swimming}}

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{{Medal|Competition|Paralympic Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|1988 Seoul|100m backstroke A4}}

{{Medal|Gold|1988 Seoul|4x100m medley relay}}

{{Medal|Gold|1988 Seoul|4x100m freestyle relay}}

{{Medal|Bronze|1988 Seoul|100m freestyle A4}}

{{Medal|Bronze|1988 Seoul|400m freestyle A4}}

{{Medal|Bronze|1992 Barcelona|100m backstroke S10}}

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Dianne Barr (born 13 September 1972)http://www.paralympics.org.uk/gb/athletes-root/athletesretired/dianne-mcmillan-barr {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103055838/http://www.paralympics.org.uk/gb/athletes-root/athletesretired/dianne-mcmillan-barr |date=3 January 2014 }} Paralympics Profile of Dianne Barr is a Northern Irish Paralympic swimmer from Larne. Barr started swimming at the age of four, and has a congenital abnormality of the lower leg. At the age of eleven, her lower leg was amputated and replaced with a prosthetic limb.

Barr represented Team GB & NI at the 1988 Summer Paralympic Games in Seoul, at the age of 16, winning gold in the 100m backstroke A4, the 4 × 100m medley relay and the 4 × 100m freestyle relay{{cite web|last=Results|first=Paralympic|title=Paralympic Results|url=http://www.paralympic.org/Athletes/Results|publisher=Paralympic.org|accessdate=4 November 2013}} with her teammates Joanne Rout, Thelma Young and Linda Walters. She also won bronze in the 100m freestyle A4 and the 400m freestyle A4. At the 1992 Summer Paralympic Games, Barr won bronze in the 100m backstroke S10.

In 2012, Trevor Ringland, who like Barr attended Larne Grammar School, called for more recognition for Barr's impressive achievements.http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/regional/call-to-honour-ulster-s-first-paralympic-hero-1-4200749 Newspaper report on Trevor Ringland's call for more recognition for the success of Dianne Barr {{Dead link|date=April 2022}}