Kath Proudfoot

2016 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Proudfoot

Personal information

Full name

Katherine Proudfoot

Born

21 April 1977
Auckland, New Zealand

Medal record

Track and field (athletics)
Representing Australia
Paralympic Games
	2008 Beijing	Discus Throw - F35-36
	2012 London	Discus Throw - F35-36
	2016 Rio	Shot put F36
IPC Athletics World Championships
	2006 Assen	Women's Shot Put F35-36
	2006 Assen	Women's 100m T36
	2006 Assen	Women's Discus F35-36/38
	2011Christchurch	Women's Discus F35-36
	2013 Lyon	Women's Shot Put F35-36
	2013 Lyon	Women's Discus F35-36

Kath Proudfoot (born 21 April 1977 in Auckland, New Zealand ) is a cerebral palsy athlete from Australia competing mainly in category F35-36 discus and shot put events. She competed at the 2008, 2012 and the 2016 Summer Paralympics, winning medals at each Games.

She studied speech pathology at the University of Newcastle and now works in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory as a speech pathologist. She was identified through the Australian Paralympic Committee’s Talent Search Program when it visited Newcastle, New South Wales and is now based in Canberra where Aaron Holt coaches her.

Paralympics

At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China, she won a silver medal in the Women's F35-36 discus throw event as well as competing in the Women's F35/36 shot put. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics Proudfoot participated in the Women's Shot Put F35/F36 and Discus F35/36, winning a bronze medal in the Discus. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, she won the bronze medal in the Women's Shot Put F36 with a throw of 9.70 m.

IPC Athletics World Championships

She competed at the 2006 IPC Athletics World Championships in Assen, Netherlands winning a silver medal in Women's Shot Put F35-36 and bronze medals in the Women's Discus F35-36/38 and Women's 100m T36. At the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand she won a bronze medal in the Women's Discus F35-36. At her third IPC Athletics World Championships, Lyon, France in 2013, she won a bronze medals in the Women's Shot Put and Women's Discus F35/36 events.

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