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| Katie
CLARK |
| Sport |
Artistic Swimming |
| NOC |
Great Britain
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| Gender | Women |
| Born | 23 Mar 1994
in Reading, ENG |
| Height | 1.68 m |
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General Interest |
Hobbies |
Pilates, art, travelling, listening to music. (Instagram profile, 03 Mar 2021; Facebook profile, 07 Nov 2020) |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
Her swimming teacher noticed she was double jointed and suggested she take up artistic swimming because of her flexibility. She also liked the idea of being able to combine her love of dance and music with swimming. |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
She took up the sport at age seven. |
General Interest |
Other information |
RETIREMENT AND COMEBACK
Following the 2012 Olympic Games in London, she suffered from a lack of motivation, and retired from the sport in 2013. She returned again in 2015, however - after going back to school in between - with the aim of competing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. "A lot of us really struggled that year [2012] from a mental health point of view, with not really knowing what was coming next, and that transition was really difficult. A few of us left after the world championships in 2013, and I wanted to leave, I guess, because I got a bit caught up with what my friends were doing. I'd gone back to school the year after the Olympics to do my A-Levels, which was really hard with all my friends having left to go to university, so I found that really difficult as well. It was worth it to make sure I could finish my A-Levels, and I'm really grateful that I made that decision now looking back on it. I always wanted to get back in [the pool] and do synchro again. Even though it was hard, it felt like the right decision." She retired from the sport for a second time in 2017. (britishswimming.org, 17 Feb 2021; bbc.co.uk, 21 Mar 2016; teamgb.com, 01 Jun 2016) |
Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Reading, ENG |
Higher education |
Sports Science - Loughborough College: England |
Occupation |
Business Owner, Coach |
Languages |
English |
General Interest |
Hero / Idol |
French artistic swimmer Virginie Dedieu. (teamgb.com, 01 Jun 2016) |
Awards and honours |
In 2016 she received the Pride of Reading Award at the Reading Sports Personality Awards in England. (newsatrr.synchrosight.co.uk, 15 Jan 2017)
In 2016 she and her duet partner Olivia Federici were named Performance Athletes of the Year for artistic swimming at the Amateur Swimming Association [ASA] Aquatics Awards in England. (swimming.org, 06 Dec 2016) |
Nicknames |
C, Kat (teamgb.com, 01 Jun 2016) |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Competing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (britishswimming.org, 17 Feb 2021) |
Most influential person in career |
Her parents, and British artistic swimmers and coaches Katie Hooper and Karen Thorpe. (britishswimming.org, 17 Feb 2021) |
Olympic Games |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| Preliminary Round |
2016 |
Rio de Janeiro, BRA |
Duet |
160.732 |
| 6 |
2012 |
London, ENG |
Team |
175.440 |
World Championships |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 12 |
2013 |
Barcelona, ESP |
Team Free Routine |
82.570 |
| 10 |
2011 |
Shanghai, CHN |
Team Technical Routine |
87.600 |
| 7 |
2011 |
Shanghai, CHN |
Free Routine Combination |
87.760 |
| 9 |
2011 |
Shanghai, CHN |
Team Free Routine |
87.280 |
European Championships |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 8 |
2016 |
London, ENG |
Free Routine Combination |
77.967 |
| 8 |
2016 |
London, ENG |
Duet Free Routine |
81.433 |
| 8 |
2016 |
London, ENG |
Team Technical Routine |
76.985 |
| 9 |
2016 |
London, ENG |
Duet Technical Routine |
80.475 |
| 8 |
2016 |
London, ENG |
Team Free Routine |
79.000 |
| 5 |
2012 |
Eindhoven, NED |
Team |
86.590 |
| 6 |
2010 |
Budapest, HUN |
Team |
87.100 |
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