Kara Grant

Kara Grant

Personal information
Nationality	Canada
Born	(1979-01-09)January 9, 1979 Charlottetown,Prince Edward Island
Height	1.66 m (5 ft5+1⁄2in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Sport	Modern pentathlon
Club	Peps de l'Université Laval Club Estoc
Medal record Women's modern pentathlon RepresentingCanada Pan American Games 1999 Winnipeg Individual Pan American Championships 1997 Team 2001 Team 2002 Rio de Janeiro Individual 2006 Mexico Individual African Championships 2004 Cairo Individual

Kara Grant(born January 9, 1979) is a two-time Olympicmodern pentathletefrom Canada.She is one of the first female Canadian modern pentathletes, along withMonica Pinette,to compete at the2004 Summer OlympicsinAthens, Greece.

Born and raised inCharlottetown,Prince Edward Island,Grant started out her sporting career in modern pentathlon at the age of sixteen. Although she joined in a local fencing club, Grant was intrigued by the challenge and variety of five different sporting disciplines (shooting, fencing, swimming, horse-riding, and running), which ultimately made her decision to try and accomplish the sport. In 1999, Grant received a qualifying berth for thePan American GamesinWinnipeg, Manitoba,where she took home the bronze medal for her national team. Following her well-accomplished result, she spent five years of training and competition before was able to break through into the international scene in 2002, when she added her first individual bronze medal at the Pan American Championships inRio de Janeiro, Brazil.She also graduated from theUniversity of Prince Edward Islandwith a Bachelor of Science degree in 2002

Grant qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, as one of the first female Canadian modern-pentathletes, and competed in thewomen's event,where she finished only in twenty-second place. She also produced her first top-ten finish at the2006 World Modern Pentathlon ChampionshipsinGuatemala City, Guatemala,and nearly missed out the medal podium at the2007 Pan American Gamesin Rio de Janeiro, finishing abruptly in fourth place. Following her highest achievements in the international scene, Grant competed at her second Olympics inBeijingin 2008, and finished thirty-first in thewomen's event.

Shortly after the Olympics, Grant retired from her sporting career, and worked as a motivational and public speaker.

External links

• Official website
• Kara GrantatUIPM(archived page from Pentathlon.org)
• Kara GrantatTeam Canada
• Kara GrantatOlympics.com
• Kara GrantatOlympedia