Kate Doughty

Kate Doughty

2016 Australian Paralympic Team Portrait
Personal information
Nickname(s) Kato
Nationality  Australia
Born (1983-08-13) 13 August 1983

Katie Doughty (born 13 August 1983) is an Australian paraequestrian and paratriathlete. She won a bronze medal at the 2015 World Triathlon Grand Final. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics when paratriathlon made its debut at the Paralympics.[1]

Personal

Doughty was born on 13 August 1983.[2] She was born without her right hand.[3] Doughty has competed a master's degree in Organisational & Industrial Psychology at Deakin University.[4] She is employed as a psychologist and management consultant in Melbourne.[2] She is patron of the Aussie Hands Foundation Inc.[3] Her father Anthony is a bookmaker in Melbourne.[5]

Career

Equestrian

Began riding horses at the age of six.[3] Her parents were involved in the horse industry. Her equestrian achievements include:[6]

Triathlon

Doughty competes in the PT4 classification. in 2015, she first competed in paratriathlon competitions. 2015 results include:[7]


2016 Results: [8]


Doughty had the goal of competing at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and placed fifth in the Women's PT4 event. [8] In reflection on her event she states "My aim is go out and do the best I can and to walk away knowing that I did everything I could do to execute my best on race day." [9] Doughty also recalls "I've been wanting to come to the Paralympics and compete and I thought I'd be doing it on a horse. So doing it on my own legs was a shock."[10]

Recognition

References

  1. "DEBUTANT PARATRIATHLETES PUT ICING ON THE RIO CAKE". Triathlon Australia website. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Kate Doughty". Victorian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Kate Doughty - Patron of Aussie Hands". YouTube. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Patron". Aussie Hands Foundation Inc. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  5. "Golden rain for paratris in Yokohoma". Triathlon Australia. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 "Kate Doughty - Equestrian Profile". Victorian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  7. "Kate Doughty". International Triathlon Union Athlete Results. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  8. 1 2 "PT4 Schedule & Results". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  9. Spits, Scott. "How Kate Doughty fast-tracked to triathlon at the Rio Paralympics". How Kate Doughty fast-tracked to triathlon at the Rio Paralympics. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  10. "Doughty remembers mum on Rio Para debut". Doughty remembers mum on Rio Para debut. SBS. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/24/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.