Kirsty Balfour

{{Short description|British swimmer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2017}}

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Kirsty Balfour

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| fullname = Kirsty Balfour

| nicknames = "Balf"

| national_team = {{GBR2}}

| strokes = Breaststroke

| club = City of Edinburgh

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|2|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland

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| height = {{convert|1.73|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|61|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | Great Britain}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (LC)}}

{{MedalSilver | 2007 Melbourne | 200 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships (LC)}}

{{MedalGold | 2006 Budapest | 200 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalGold | 2006 Budapest | 4×100 m medley}}

{{MedalSilver | 2006 Budapest | 100 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships (SC)}}

{{MedalGold | 2006 Helsinki | 200 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalSilver | 2006 Helsinki | 100 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalCountry | {{SCO}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalSilver | 2006 Melbourne | 200 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalBronze | 2006 Melbourne | 100 m breaststroke}}

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Kirsty Balfour (born 21 February 1984), also known by her married name Kirsty Kettles, is a Scottish former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games, FINA world championships and European championships, and competed for Scotland in the Commonwealth Games. She specialized in breaststroke events.

She won a gold medal in the 200-metre breaststroke at the European Long-Course Championships in 2006, and took silver in same event at the World Championships in Melbourne in 2007.

She announced her retirement from swimming on 7 November 2008, stating she planned to do more work for her church.{{cite web|title=Balfour steps down from swimming |url=http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vcontent/content/news/0,10869,5157-183729-200947-40069-291406-news-item,00.html |date=2008-11-07 |access-date=2008-11-10 |publisher=British Swimming |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721182243/http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vcontent/content/news/0%2C10869%2C5157-183729-200947-40069-291406-news-item%2C00.html |archive-date=21 July 2011 }} She got married the following day.{{cite web|title=Wedding bells ring for retired Kirsty |url=http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vcontent/content/news/0,10869,5157-183729-200947-40069-291463-news-item,00.html |date=2008-11-10 |access-date=2008-11-10 |publisher=British Swimming |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721182301/http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vcontent/content/news/0%2C10869%2C5157-183729-200947-40069-291463-news-item%2C00.html |archive-date=21 July 2011 }}