 2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Downie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Katherine Rose Downie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Kat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 January 1996 Aberdeen, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke, freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classifications | S10, SB9, SM10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Perth City Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Matt Magee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Katherine Rose Downie OAM (born 12 January 1996) is an Australian Paralympian. Kat first represented Australia in 2011. Kat represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in swimming and was a member of both the Gold medal Women's 34 point 4 x 100 free and 4 × 100 medley relay teams. Kat placed fourth in both her pet events the 100 backstroke and 200IM.
Katherine lives with mild right hemiplegic spastic cerebral palsy and is an Australian S10 classified swimmer.