Biography

Streamline swim

Triple Olympian, 1984,1988 1992
Three Commonwealth games 1986,1990, 1994
Commonwealth double silver and bronze medallist
Two world championships finalist 1993
Six European championships, bronze medallist 1993
Holder of forty-four British Senior titles
Former multi-event British record holder
British Senior National swim team member during fifteen years 1983-1998
Middlesex services to sport award 1995
Three time winner of the sports writers award at the British senior nationals

Katharine took her first plunge into the swimming pool in 1972 at the age of three years old.
Two years later she was swimming and joined the Gt.Yarmouth swimming club
She won her first national age group title in 1979 at the age of 10 years old
By 1982 she had represented Gt.Britain on the European junior team at 12years old
Her Gt.Britain Senior cap was attained at the age of 13 but Peritonitis prevented her senior debut
At the age of 14years she broke her first British record for the 200m backstroke
Competed in the Los Angeles Olympics 1984 finishing 11th place
In 1986 won a silver medal in the Commonwealth Games Edinburgh
In 1988 won a gold in the Europa cup, Edinburgh
Represented Gt.Britain at her second Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, 1988
Swam in Commonwealth Games Auckland 1992
Swam in her third Olympic Games at Barcelona
Won a bronze medal with a British record in 1994 Commonwealth Games Victoria, Canada
By 1998 Katharine was the holder of a record 44 British Senior National titles 15 of these titles were won consecutively for the 2oom backstroke Her British titles were also won in the 50 and 100m backstroke , the 200 and 400 individual medley, showing her versatility as a national title holder
Katharine had Gt.Britain representation at all the major championships at European, Commonwealth ,Olympic and World level for 15years consecutively
1999-2000 Katharine represented two French swimming teams, Clichy and Caen swimming in the French nationals and
French club team championships for both these team