Kate Horan
Appearance
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Full name | Katherine Horan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Wellington,New Zealand | 9 June 1975||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics Cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | Athletics:T44 Cycling:C4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Katherine HoranMNZM(born 9 June 1975)[1]is a New Zealandparalympicsrunnerandcyclist.[2]
Horan secured a silver medal for the Women's 200m at the2008 Summer Paralympicsforher countryafter two runners ahead of her tripped.[3]
In 2012, she switched from athletics to cycling. She was selected to compete in cycling at the2016 Summer Paralympics.[4]
She was appointed aMember of the New Zealand Order of Meritin the2017 New Year Honours,for services to Paralympic sport.[5]
In March 2018, she won the silver medal in the 500mtime trial(C4) event at theUCI Para-cycling Track World ChampionshipsinRio de Janeiro.[6]
In March 2019, she won the bronze medal in the 500mtime trial(C4) event at theUCI Para-cycling Track World ChampionshipsinApeldoorn.[7]
References
[edit]- ^"Paralympic Athletes - Athletics".Archived fromthe originalon 14 October 2008.Retrieved12 September2008.
- ^"Kate Horan".One Sport. 15 August 2008.Retrieved12 September2008.
- ^"Horan wins track silver".NZPA. 10 September 2008.Retrieved12 September2008.
- ^"Kate Horan selected for third Paralympics after successful switch from athletics to cycling".Stuff.co.nz. 9 May 2016.Retrieved4 June2016.
- ^"New Year Honours List 2017".Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2016.Retrieved31 December2016.
- ^"Kate Horan wins silver medal in strong start to NZ's para cycling world champs".Stuff.co.nz. 23 March 2018.Retrieved8 December2018.
- ^"Double bronze to kick start UCI Para Cycling Track World Championships".sportshub.com. 15 March 2019.Retrieved27 September2019.
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Categories:
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Paralympic silver medalists for New Zealand
- Paralympic athletes for New Zealand
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic cyclists for New Zealand
- New Zealand female cyclists
- New Zealand female sprinters
- Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- 21st-century New Zealand women
- Athletes from Wellington City
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- New Zealand Paralympic medalist stubs