Kate Slatter

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Kate Slatter
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Coxless pair
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Coxless pair
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1995 Coxless pair
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Coxless four
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Coxless pair
Commonwealth Regatta
Silver medal – second place 1994 Coxless Four
Silver medal – second place 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. ^ a b "Australian Olympic Committee: Olympian Search". Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Home : Australian Institute of Sport : Australian Sports Commission". Ais.org.au. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  3. ^ LONDON TIME. "London 2012 – Official Australian Olympic Team website – London 2012". Olympics.com.au. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  4. ^ Adelaidean Magazine
  5. ^ "Australian University Championships – Australian Rowing History". Rowinghistory-aus.info. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  6. ^ "Sydney Olympic Games Athlete Profiles – Women's coxless pair rowing (Rowing)". Abc.net.au. 6 May 1976. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  7. ^ Australian Institute of Sport 'Best of the Best'
  8. ^ "Sport Australia Hall of Fame – Member Profile". Retrieved 3 January 2016.
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