Catherine Anne Grant Sadleir (born 14 August 1964) is a sports executive and former synchronized swimmer.

Biography

Sadleir was born in

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, Scotland to Australian and Scottish parents. The family emigrated to Canada, then, when she was 16, moved to New Zealand and settled in

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. Sadleir first participated in synchronised swimming when she was living in Canada, aged 8, and represented the country in the sport. She later competed for New Zealand at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

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with her sister

Lynette Sadleir Lynette Grant Sadleir (born 1 August 1963) is a New Zealand paediatric neurologist and epileptologist, and a former synchronised swimmer and coach. Biography Born on 1 August 1963 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Sadleir competed for N ...

. In the women's solo, Sadleir finished 37th and in the women's duet, Katie and Lynette finished 12th. At the

1986 Commonwealth Games The 1986 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a 'Cho-fhlaitheis 1986) were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, between 24 July and 2 August 1986. They were the second Games to be held in Edinburgh. Thirty two of the eligible fifty nine countries (largel ...

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, Sadleir won the bronze medal in the women's solo. Sadleir has been involved a range of governance and leadership roles in sport: she was appointed to the New Zealand Swimming Federation board while in her 20s, and also served on the New Zealand Olympic Committee Athletes Commission, was general manager of Sport New Zealand and led the establishment of the New Zealand Academy of Sport. She was the Assistant Chef de Mission for the New Zealand team at the

1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games ( French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, from 18 to 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, ...

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. She was the general manager of women's rugby for World Rugby from 2016 to August 2021, when she was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the

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. Sadleir is the first woman to hold the position. Sadleir completed a master's degree on swimming at

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1964 births Living people New Zealand synchronised swimmers Scottish emigrants to New Zealand Synchronized swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic synchronised swimmers of New Zealand Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games medallists in synchronised swimming Synchronised swimmers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Canadian people of New Zealand descent {{NewZealand-swimming-bio-stub Victoria University of Wellington alumni