Kath Proudfoot

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Kath Proudfoot
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2012 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Proudfoot
Personal information
Full name Katherine Proudfoot
Born 21 April 1977
Auckland, New Zealand
Medal record
Track and field (athletics)
Representing  Australia
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Discus Throw - F35-36
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Discus Throw - F35-36
IPC Athletics World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2006 Assen Women's Shot Put F35-36
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Assen Women's 100m T36
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Assen Women's Discus F35-36/38
Bronze medal – third place 2011Christchurch Women's Discus F35-36
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Lyon Women's Shot Put F35-36
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Lyon Women's Discus F35-36

Kath Proudfoot (born 21 April 1977 in Auckland, New Zealand )[1] is a cerebral palsy athlete from Australia competing mainly in category F35-36 discus and shot put events.[1] She competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Personal

She studied speech pathology at the University of Newcastle and now works in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory as a speech pathologist.[2] She was identified through the Australian Paralympic Committeee’s Talent Search Program when it visited Newcastle, New South Wales and is now based in Canberra where Aaron Holt coaches her.[3]

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.[4]

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.[2] At the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand she won a bronze medal in the Women's Discus F35-36.[2] At her third IPC Athletics World Championships, Lyon, France in 2013, she won a bronze medals in the Women's Shot Put and Women's Discus F35/36 events.[3][5]

In 2015, she was being coached by Hamish MacDonald. [6]

References

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  4. ↑ Results for Katherine Proudfoot from the International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
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