1. Kayla Clarke was born on 6 August 1991 and is an Indigenous Australian swimmer who represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in swimming, and has medalled at the 2010 Australian Disability Age Group Nationals, and 2010 International Paralympic Swimming World Championships, 2009 Queensland State Championships, 2009 Queensland Secondary School Titles, and 2009 Global Games.
Kayla Clarke competes in a number of events, including the 100m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 100m breaststroke, 100m butterfly and 200m individual medley.
Kayla Clarke was a member of the Woogaroo Swimming Club, and was coached by Tony Keogh, who became her coach in 2008.
Kayla Clarke finished fourth in the 200m freestyle and fifth in the 100m breaststroke.
Kayla Clarke became affiliated with the Yeronga Park Club in 2011 in an effort to make the Paralympic Games, and switched coaches, taking on Rick Van Der Zant as her new coach.
Kayla Clarke competed in the inaugural 2011 Para Pan Pacific Championships, where she finished first in the S14 200m freestyle event, and at the 2011 Can-Am Swimming Open, in which she posted first-place finishes in the 100m backstroke and 200m freestyle events.
Kayla Clarke was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the S14 100m backstroke, 200m freestyle and 100m breaststroke events.
Kayla Clarke trained for the Games in China in order to acclimatise, and participated in a two-week-long national team training camp in Cardiff prior to the start.
Kayla Clarke made the finals in all three events, but finished outside the medals, being placed fourth in the 200m freestyle and 100m breaststroke, and sixth in the 100m backstroke.
Kayla Clarke won five gold and a silver medal at the 2014 Pan Pacific Para-swimming Championships in Pasadena, California.