Kat Lewis
Australian Paralympic swimmer
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Katrina Cecchini (née Lewis; born 17 June 1988)[1] is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. She was born in Canberra with mild cerebral palsy due to being born ten weeks premature.[1] She started swimming at the suggestion of a neighbour. She attended St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra, graduating in 2006.
Australia17 June 1988
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Her philosophy is "You may be classed as disabled but never take the 'dis' out of disabled, take the 'able' and you will get where you want to be."[2]
Career
At the 2002 IPC Swimming World Championships in Mar Del Plata, Argentina, she won a silver and bronze medal.[3] She competed in five events and won a bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Games in the Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle 34 pts event.[4] She won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Games in the Women's 50 m Freestyle S10 event.[4] She had an Australian Institute of Sport paralympic swimming scholarship.[5]
At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, she finished fifth in both the Women's 50 m Freestyle and 100 m Freestyle events.[6]