Kate Wilson (swimmer)

Kate Wilson

2016 Australian Paralympic Team Portrait
Personal information
Full name Kate Wilson
Nationality  Australia
Born (1998-06-04) 4 June 1998
Sport
Sport Swimming
Classifications S6
Club Kingscliff Swimming Club
Coach Dwain Fitzsimmons

Kate Wilson (born 4 June 1998) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[1]

Personal

Wilson was born on 4 June 1998 with achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism that affects the limbs.[2] She is the oldest of three children.[2] She attended St Anthony's Primary School. In 2016, she is undertaking her higher school certificate at Mount Saint Patrick College in Murwillumbah.[3] In 2016, she lives in Kingscliff, New South Wales.

Her grandfather Kevin Wilson played for St George Dragons 1952 to 1955 [4] and uncle Marty O'Connell for Penrith Panthers 1999 to 2001.[2][5]

Swimming

Wilson took swimming as a child on the advice of paediatrician. At the age of 13, she became more serious about swimming. She is classified as a S6 swimmer. She is 129 cm tall and just qualifies for S6 limit of 130 cm.[6] In 2012, she attended an AIS Road to Rio camp for junior developing swimmers that provided her with motivation to strive for the Paralympics.[2] At the 2013 Australian Swimming Championships she won a silver medal in the Women's 50m Breaststroke. [2] She trains at the Kingscliff Pool under coach Dwain Fitzsimmons

At the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games, she competed in five different events. These included: Women's 50m Freestyle S6, Women's 100m Freestyle S6, Women's 100m Breaststroke SB6 and Women's 200m Individual Medley. She didn't progress to the finals for any of her events. [7]

References

  1. "Australian Paralympic Swimming Team announced". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 1 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Kate Wilson". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  3. "Mount St Patrick College Newsletter Marc 2016" (PDF). Mount St Patrick College website. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  4. "Kevin Wilson". Rugby League Project website. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  5. "Marty O'Conell". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  6. McKenzie, Daniel (20 May 2016). "Paralympic dreaming for Tweed swimmer". Tweed Daily News. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  7. "Kate Wilson". Rio Official Results Paralympics. Rio Paralympics 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
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