Kate Slatter
Medal record | ||
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Women's Rowing | ||
Competitor for Australia | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1996 Atlanta | Coxless pair | |
2000 Sydney | Coxless pair | |
World Championships | ||
1995 | Coxless pair | |
1994 | Coxless four | |
1999 | Coxless pair | |
Commonwealth Regatta | ||
1994 | Coxless Four | |
1994 | Eight |
Kate Elizabeth Slatter OAM (married name Kate Allen[1]) is an Australian world champion and Olympic gold medal winning rower from Adelaide, South Australia.[2] She is considered the most successful female rower in Australia's history.[1]
Slatter won a gold medal in the coxless pair at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics with Megan Still, together becoming Australia's first female gold medal recipients in the sport of rowing.[3] Slatter went on to win a silver medal at her home Olympics in Sydney, 2000.
Slatter began rowing at the Adelaide University Boat Club in 1989,[4] and rowed in their victorious Women's Eight in the 1996 Australian University Games, two weeks after winning gold in Atlanta.[5]
Slatter has won sixteen national titles and was awarded the Order of Australia medal for her rowing achievements.[6]
In 2001, she was inducted into the Australian Institute of Sport 'Best of the Best'.[7] In 2002 she was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.[8]
References
- 1 2 "Australian Olympic Committee: Olympian Search". Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ↑ "Home : Australian Institute of Sport : Australian Sports Commission". Ais.org.au. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ↑ LONDON TIME. "London 2012 – Official Australian Olympic Team website – London 2012". Olympics.com.au. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ↑ Adelaidean Magazine
- ↑ "Australian University Championships – Australian Rowing History". Rowinghistory-aus.info. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ↑ "Sydney Olympic Games Athlete Profiles – Women's coxless pair rowing (Rowing)". Abc.net.au. 6 May 1976. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ↑ Australian Institute of Sport 'Best of the Best'
- ↑ "Sport Australia Hall of Fame – Member Profile". Retrieved 3 January 2016.