Kate Holroyd

Kathryn 'Kate' Holroyd (born 5 June 1963) is a female retired British rower.

Rowing career

Holroyd competed in the women's eight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.^[1] The team finished in eighth place.^[2] The following year Holroyd was part of the double sculls crew with Jean Genchi that won the national title in a dead-heat with Sons of the Thames, rowing for Bradford Amateur Rowing Club, at the 1985 National Rowing Championships. The race was the first dead heat for winners since the start of the Championships.^[3]^[4]

She represented England and won a silver medal in the eight and a bronze medal in the coxed four at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[5]^[6]

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kate Holroyd Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
^ "Biographical information". Olympedia.
^ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 20 July 1985, p. 29". Times Digital Archives.
^ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 22 July 1985, p. 25". Times Digital Archives.
^ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.

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