Kat Lewis
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| Birth name | Katrina Lewis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 June 1988 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Katrina Cecchini (née Lewis; born 17 June 1988)[1] is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. She was born in Canberra with mild cerebral palsy due to being born ten weeks premature.[1] She started swimming at the suggestion of a neighbour. She attended St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra, graduating in 2006.
Her philosophy is "You may be classed as disabled but never take the 'dis' out of disabled, take the 'able' and you will get where you want to be."[2]
Career
[edit]At the 2002 IPC Swimming World Championships in Mar Del Plata, Argentina, she won a silver and bronze medal.[3] She competed in five events and won a bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Games in the Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle 34 pts event.[4] She won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Games in the Women's 50 m Freestyle S10 event.[4] She had an Australian Institute of Sport paralympic swimming scholarship.[5]
At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, she finished fifth in both the Women's 50 m Freestyle and 100 m Freestyle events.[6]
Recognition
[edit]- Dawn Fraser Junior Female Award for 2001 and 2004[3]
- 2001 Margaret Whitfield Award[3]
- Clubs ACT Sport Star Award for 2002, 2003 and 2005[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Media Guide (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2008. p. 110. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2015.
- ^ "Katrina Lewsis". Scout Australia Website. Archived from the original on 12 May 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Katrina Lewis Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ "AIS Roll of Honour at the Paralympic". Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ^ "Results: Katrina Lewis". Australian Commonwealth Games Association. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- Female Paralympic swimmers for Australia
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Australian Institute of Sport Paralympic swimmers
- Sportswomen from the Australian Capital Territory
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- S10-classified para swimmers
- ACT Academy of Sport alumni
- Paralympic medalists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia
- Australian female freestyle swimmers
- 21st-century Australian sportswomen