Katrina Webb

Katrina Webb

Personal information
Full name	Katrina Lea Webb
Nationality	Australia
Born	22 May 1977
Medal record Athletics Paralympic Games 1996 Atlanta 100 m T36-37 1996 Atlanta 200 m T34-37 2004 Athens Women's 400 m T38 1996 Atlanta Long Jump F34-37 2000 Sydney 100 m T38 2000 Sydney 400 m T38 2000 Sydney 200 m T38 IPC Athletics World Championships 1998 Birmingham Women's Javelin 1998 Birmingham Women's 100m 1998 Birmingham Women's 400m 2002 Lille Women's 100m 2002 Lille Women's 400m Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne 100m

Katrina Lea Webb-Denis, OAM (born 22 May 1977) is an Australian Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy. She has won Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in athletics at three Paralympic Games.

Webb has a mild form of cerebral palsy which was diagnosed when she was two years old. Her parents did not tell her of the disability. Her cerebral palsy was diagnosed again when she won an Australian Institute of Sport netball scholarship. AIS staff found a weakness in her right leg, which was shorter than her left leg. She was then encouraged to become involved in disability sport. After winning the 100m at the 1996 Atlanta Games, she faced criticism over her legitimacy to compete at the Games.

She has a physiotherapy degree from the University of South Australia. Her father Darryl played league football for North Adelaide Football Club. Her cousins are Olympic basketballer Rachael Sporn and AFL players Kieran and Trent Sporn. She married former Australian Olympic water polo player Eddie Denis. Her first child Sebastian Zavier Denis was born on December 27 2007.

She was the first torch bearer to enter the Olympic Stadium for the Opening Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games. In 2006 Katrina was selected to present on behalf of the International Paralympic Committee to the United Nations in New York.

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