Kate Anderson-Richardson
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Born | (1973-11-05) 5 November 1973 (age 50) | |||||||||||
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Country | Australia | |||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||
Event(s) | Women's 5000m, 10000m | |||||||||||
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Kate Suzanne Richardson (née Anderson; born 5 November 1973 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian athlete, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in the women's 5000 metres making the Semi Finals. Richardson (née Anderson) was a finalist in the 1997 World Championship 5000m (Athens, Greece), and also represented Australia in the 1999 World Championships (Seville, Spain) plus numerous World Cross-Country Championships.[1]
In November 1999 she married fellow runner Jason A. Richardson. She is a two-time national champion in the women's 5000 metres and former Australian record holder over 1500m (breaking Jenny Orr's 20+ year record) and 5000m.
Richardson's greatest honour was claiming a gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, in the 5000m event.
Kate Richardson retired from competitive Track & Field after the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, and is the mother of three daughters - Ruby, Milla and Cleo.
References
- ^ "Kate Anderson". Athletics Australia Historical Resulrs. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- Kate Richardson-Anderson at World Athletics
- Kate Richardson (Anderson) at Australian Athletics Historical Results
External links
- Kate Richardson at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Kate Anderson at Olympics.com
- Kate Anderson-Richardson at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Kate Anderson at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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- 1995: Carolyn Schuwalow
- 1996: Kate Anderson
- 1997: Kate Anderson
- 1998: Annette Cross
- 1999: Natalie Harvey
- 2000: Annette Cross
- 2001: Elizabeth Miller
- 2002: Haley McGregor
- 2003: Benita Johnson
- 2004: Georgie Clarke
- 2005: Benita Johnson
- 2006: Eloise Wellings
- 2007: Benita Johnson
- 2008: Georgie Clarke
- 2009: Sarah Jamieson
- 2010: Eloise Wellings
- 2011: Belinda Martin
- 2012: Kaila McKnight
- 2013: Kaila McKnight
- 2014: Emily Brichacek
- 2015: Madeline Heiner
- 2016: Genevieve LaCaze
- 2017: Heidi See
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