Katarina Mirabelle Roxon (born April 5, 1993) is a Canadian

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from

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. In 2016 she won a gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the

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in Rio de Janeiro and was the only representative of Canada there in S9, SB8 and SM9 disability classifications. She won a bronze medal at the

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, in Women's 34pts 4x100m relay.

Career

Roxon finished on top in the 100-metre breaststroke finals. Her father and coach Leonard Roxon left

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for Canada with his wife Lisa in 1990. She has bagged several medals in various championships. In 2017 she swam 200-metre individual medley at the Canadian Swimming Championships and won two medals, one of which was gold.

Achievements

*2008 Paralympic Games 12th 100-m breaststroke *2010 Commonwealth Games 6th 50-m freestyle, 5th 100-m freestyle and 100-m butterfly *2012 Paralympic Games 5th 100-m breaststroke *2014 Commonwealth Games 5th 100-m breaststroke and 200-m individual medley *2014 Pan Pacific Para-swimming Championships 2nd 200-m individual medley *2014 Pan Pacific Para-swimming Championships 1st 100-m breaststroke *2015 East Coast Short Course Swimming Championships - World Record 200m Butterfly

Recognitions

Roxon was included on the "2016 Most Influential Women List" by the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity. Roxon with "nubs up" friends and fellow medalists on the podium at the 2016 Rio Paralympics Games selected as one of the 52 best pictures of the Rio Paralympics by '' Business Insider Magazine''. Katarina Roxon was selected for Women's History Month in Canada as one of the most influential women who is making history in Newfoundland & Labrador and in Canada. Roxon is a Community Hero in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. In 2016 she was a speaker at the Easter Seals Canada. In 2018, Roxon was appointed to the

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Legacy

KATARINA ROXON WAY - Highway (Route 490) named after Katarina Roxon.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Roxon, Katarina 1993 births Living people Canadian female backstroke swimmers Canadian female breaststroke swimmers Canadian female butterfly swimmers Canadian female freestyle swimmers Canadian female medley swimmers Paralympic swimmers for Canada S9-classified para swimmers Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships Paralympic medalists in swimming Paralympic gold medalists for Canada Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada Medalists at the 2007 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games Members of the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games 21st-century Canadian women