Katherine Proudfoot (born 21 April 1977 in

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, New Zealand) is a

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from Australia competing mainly in throwing events. She competed in the F36 classification at the

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and the

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, winning medals at each Game. Following a medical review request in early 2017, she now competes in seated throws in the F32 classification. At the 2017

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she threw 7.04m in the Women's Shot Put Secured event, bettering the Women's F32 shot put world record mark of 6.55m.

Personal

She studied

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at the University of Newcastle and now works in

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as a speech pathologist. She was identified through the

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's Talent Search Program when it visited

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and is now based in Canberra where Aaron Holt coaches her.

Career

Paralympics At the

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, China, she won a silver medal in the Women's F35–36 discus throw event as well as competing in the Women's F35/36 shot put. At the

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Proudfoot participated in the Women's Shot Put F35/F36 and Discus F35/36, winning a bronze medal in the Discus. At the

2016 Rio Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

, she won the bronze medal in the Women's Shot Put F36 with a throw of 9.70 m. IPC Athletics World Championships She competed at the 2006

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, Netherlands winning a silver medal in Women's Shot Put F35–36 and bronze medals in the Women's Discus F35–36/38 and Women's 100m T36. At the

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, New Zealand she won a bronze medal in the Women's Discus F35–36. At her third

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in 2013, she won bronze medals in the Women's Shot Put and Women's Discus F35/36 events. In 2015, she was being coached by Hamish MacDonald.

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Katherine Proudfoot
at Australian Athletics Historical Results {{DEFAULTSORT:Proudfoot, Kath 1977 births Living people Australian female discus throwers Australian female shot putters Paralympic athletes for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Australia Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes from Auckland