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Kathleen
DAWSON |
Sport |
Swimming |
NOC |
Great Britain
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Gender | Women |
Born | 03 Oct 1997
in Kirkcaldy, SCO |
Height | 1.73 m |
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Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Stirling, SCO |
Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
University of Stirling: Scotland |
Further Personal Information |
Higher education |
Sport Studies - University of Stirling: Scotland |
General Interest |
Hobbies |
Drawing portraits, playing video games, painting. (britishswimming.org, 29 Jul 2020) |
Injuries |
She ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] in her knee in 2018 and required surgery. She did not swim for three months. (fifetoday.co.uk, 03 May 2021; stateofswimming.com, 17 Apr 2021; bbc.co.uk, 15 Apr 2021) |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Winning a gold medal in the 4x100m mixed medley relay at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (bbc.co.uk, 31 Jul 2021) |
Most influential person in career |
Her family, and coach Darren Ashley. (backarisingstar.com, 14 Jul 2013) |
Hero / Idol |
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, British sprinter Derek Redmond. (backarisingstar.com, 14 Jul 2013) |
Awards and honours |
In December 2021 the swimming pool in Warrington, England, where she trained for much of her childhood was renamed 'The Kathleen Dawson Swimming Pool'. (warrington-worldwide.co.uk, 06 Dec 2021) |
Sport Specific Information |
Name of coach |
Steven Tigg [club]; Bradley Hay [club] |
Training Regime |
She has nine training sessions a week, for a total of between 18 and 20 hours. |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
She was taken to the swimming pool as a toddler in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. She started taking swimming lessons at age four in Great Sankey, England. |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Athlete, Student |
Languages |
English |
General Interest |
Nicknames |
Kat (Instagram profile, 30 Apr 2021) |
Sporting philosophy / motto |
"I was aware of my success, but I never stopped trying to get better." [Michael Jordan] (backarisingstar.com, 14 Jul 2013) |
Other information |
COVID-19 IMPACT She believes that missing time due to the anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] injury she suffered in 2018 gave her an advantage over other swimmers in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. "In terms of covid - everyone's been in the same boat with that. But before that, I just had an ACL injury, I'd ruptured my ACL so I'd had to recover from that and I feel like that gave me an edge above everybody else, and with covid, in that I'd kind of already dealt with it. I had had those three months out of the pool and I'd come back and then covid happened and then everybody was out for another three months. So I feel like that had given me the edge above everyone else knowing that I can come back from this; I've already done it." (stateofswimming.com, 17 Apr 2021) |
Olympic Games |
Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
6 |
2021 |
Tokyo, JPN |
100m Backstroke |
58.70 |
1 |
2021 |
Tokyo, JPN |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
3:37.58 |
World Championships |
Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
6 |
2024 |
Doha, QAT |
100m Backstroke |
1:00.42 |
12 |
2024 |
Doha, QAT |
50m Backstroke |
28.22 |
8 |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
100m Backstroke |
59.90 |
Heats |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
50m Backstroke |
28.42 |
7 |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
3:59.51 |
World Championships Short Course |
Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
5 |
2016 |
Windsor, ON, CAN |
200m Backstroke |
2:04.09 |
7 |
2016 |
Windsor, ON, CAN |
50m Backstroke |
26.42 |
5 |
2016 |
Windsor, ON, CAN |
100m Backstroke |
56.73 |
European Championships |
Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
1 |
2021 |
Budapest, HUN |
100m Backstroke |
58.49 |
2 |
2021 |
Budapest, HUN |
50m Backstroke |
27.46 |
1 |
2021 |
Budapest, HUN |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
3:54.01 |
1 |
2021 |
Budapest, HUN |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
3:38.82 |
Semifinal |
2018 |
Glasgow, SCO |
100m Backstroke |
1:00.57 |
12 |
2018 |
Glasgow, SCO |
50m Backstroke |
28.11 |
3 |
2018 |
Glasgow, SCO |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
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3 |
2016 |
London, ENG |
100m Backstroke |
59.68 |
Semifinal |
2016 |
London, ENG |
200m Backstroke |
2:11.81 |
Heats |
2016 |
London, ENG |
50m Backstroke |
28.55 |
1 |
2016 |
London, ENG |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
3:58.57 |
European Championships Short Course |
Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
Heats |
2023 |
Otopeni, ROU |
200m Backstroke |
2:05.44 |
8 |
2023 |
Otopeni, ROU |
50m Backstroke |
26.83 |
4 |
2023 |
Otopeni, ROU |
100m Backstroke |
57.30 |
4 |
2023 |
Otopeni, ROU |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
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3 |
2023 |
Otopeni, ROU |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
1:44.67 |
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