Kath Proudfoot
Australian Paralympic athlete
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Katherine Proudfoot (born 21 April 1977 in Auckland, New Zealand)[1] is a cerebral palsy athlete from Australia competing mainly in throwing events.[1] She competed in the F36 classification at the 2008, 2012 and the 2016 Summer Paralympics, winning medals at each Game.[2][3] Following a medical review request in early 2017, she now competes in seated throws in the F32 classification.[4] At the 2017 Australian Athletics Championships she threw 7.04m in the Women's Shot Put Secured event, bettering the Women's F32 shot put world record mark of 6.55m.[5]
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| Born | 21 April 1977 (age 49) Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal
She studied speech pathology at the University of Newcastle and now works in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory as a speech pathologist.[6] She was identified through the Australian Paralympic Committee's Talent Search Program when it visited Newcastle, New South Wales and is now based in Canberra where Aaron Holt coaches her.[7]
Career
- Paralympics
At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China, she won a silver medal in the Women's F35–36 discus throw event as well as competing in the Women's F35/36 shot put. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics Proudfoot participated in the Women's Shot Put F35/F36 and Discus F35/36, winning a bronze medal in the Discus.[8] At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, she won the bronze medal in the Women's Shot Put F36 with a throw of 9.70 m.[2]
Proudfoot at the 2012 London Paralympics
Proudfoot at the 2012 London Paralympics
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- IPC Athletics World Championships
She competed at the 2006 IPC Athletics World Championships in Assen, Netherlands winning a silver medal in Women's Shot Put F35–36 and bronze medals in the Women's Discus F35–36/38 and Women's 100m T36.[6] At the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand, she won a bronze medal in the Women's Discus F35–36.[6] At her third IPC Athletics World Championships, Lyon, France in 2013, she won bronze medals in the Women's Shot Put and Women's Discus F35/36 events.[7][9]
In 2015, she was being coached by Hamish MacDonald.[10]
