Katrina Cecchini (née Lewis; born 17 June 1988)[1] is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. She was born in Canberra with mild cerebral palsy due to being born ten weeks premature.[1] She started swimming at the suggestion of a neighbour. She attended St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra, graduating in 2006.
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| Birth name | Katrina Lewis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 June 1988 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Her philosophy is "You may be classed as disabled but never take the 'dis' out of disabled, take the 'able' and you will get where you want to be."[2]
Career
editAt the 2002 IPC Swimming World Championships in Mar Del Plata, Argentina, she won a silver and bronze medal.[3] She competed in five events and won a bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Games in the Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle 34 pts event.[4] She won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Games in the Women's 50 m Freestyle S10 event.[4] She had an Australian Institute of Sport paralympic swimming scholarship.[5]
At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, she finished fifth in both the Women's 50 m Freestyle and 100 m Freestyle events.[6]
Recognition
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Media Guide (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2008. p. 110. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2015.
- ^ "Katrina Lewsis". Scout Australia Website. Archived from the original on 12 May 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Katrina Lewis Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ "AIS Roll of Honour at the Paralympic". Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ^ "Results: Katrina Lewis". Australian Commonwealth Games Association. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.