Kate Richardson (gymnast)
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represented
Canada (1996–2004)
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| Born | June 27, 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Canada (1996–2004) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Kate Richardson (born June 27, 1984) is a former artistic gymnast[1] who represented Canada at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. From 2002 to 2006, she also competed for the UCLA Bruins.
Richardson began gymnastics at the age of three and was a member of Canada's national team from 1996 to 2004. She was the national novice champion in 1996, junior national champion in 1998, and senior national champion in 2001.
She won a team gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg.[2] At the 1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tianjin, Richardson finished 19th in the all-around.[3] The following year, she competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she placed 15th in the all-around.[4][3] She placed 16th at the 2001 World Championships in Ghent, Belgium.[5]
At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, Richardson won gold medals in the all-around and on balance beam, as well as a bronze medal with the Canadian team. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, she finished 18th in the all-around and 7th in the floor exercise final.[6] She was the first Canadian woman ever to qualify for an Olympic event final in women's gymnastics,[7] and the first woman of any nationality since Kelly Garrison-Steves in 1988 to make the Olympics while competing in the NCAA. (Her Bruin teammate Mohini Bhardwaj also competed in the 2004 Olympics, but after her NCAA career was over.)[8]
