FRENCH Kate

Modern Pentathlon

Date of Birth: 11 Feb 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Place of birth: GRAVESEND

Birth Country:

Great Britain

Place of residence : BATH

Residence Country:

Great Britain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Modern Pentathlon	Women's Individual	1

Records

Record	Event	Mark	Date	Location
WR	Women's Individual	286 pts	26 March, 2021	Budapest (HUN)
OR	Women's Individual - Laser Run	1385 pts	6 August, 2021	Tokyo (JPN)

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Women's Individual - Fencing Ranking Round	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Individual - Swimming 200m Freestyle Heat 4	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Individual - Fencing Bonus Round	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Individual - Riding Show Jumping	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Individual - Laser Run	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Individual
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	5

World Championships

Year	Location	Individual	Team	Relay W	Relay X
2019	Budapest, HUN	3	2	-	-
2018	Mexico City, MEX	19	5	-	-
2017	Cairo, EGY	6	10	-	-
2016	Moscow, RUS	24	8	-	-
2015	Berlin, GER	37	12	-	13
2014	Warsaw, POL	26	2	-	2
2013	Kaohsiung, TPE	10	1	4	-
2012	Rome, ITA	-	-	3	-

European Championships

Year	Location	Individual	Team
2019	Bath, GBR	2	1
2018	Szekesfehervar, HUN	2	8
2017	Minsk, BLR	7	4

World Cup Final

Year	Location	Individual
2021	Hungary	1
2019	Tokyo, JPN	8

World Cup - Overview per season since 2017

Year	Event	Standings	Three best ranks per season
2021	Individual	11th	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd
2019	Individual	4th	1 x 1st, 1 x 11th, 1 x 15th
2018	Individual	8th	1 x 1st, 1 x 11th
2017	Individual	1st	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 6th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2021	Individual	Budapest, HUN	1403
1	2019	Individual	Prague, CZE	1391
1	2018	Individual	Sofia, BUL	1379
1	2017	Individual	Cairo, EGY	1356
2	2021	Individual	Sofia, BUL	1360
2	2017	Individual	Los Angeles, CA, USA	1335
6	2017	Individual	Kecskemet, HUN	1334
11	2019	Individual	Sofia, BUL	1312
11	2018	Individual	Kecskemet, HUN	1285
15	2019	Individual	Szekesfehervar, HUN	1324

Legend
M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Frenchy (Athlete, 23 Jul 2016)

Travelling, spending time with friends and family, horse riding. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2016; pentathlongb.org, 24 Jul 2017)

Occupation:

Science, Sport Studies - University of Bath, Great Britain

Husband Leo Forster

Languages spoken:

She began competing in tetrathlon at age five, and took up modern pentathlon in 2002 in Kent, England. At age 15 she was invited to join the national development programme. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2016; kentsport.org, 01 Sep 2015)

Growing up, she was part of The Pony Club and also did tetrathlons. She then started competing in biathlon at school, before moving into pentathlon. "I am really fortunate I came in that route because riding is the hardest thing to pick up. A lot of people come in through only running backgrounds and then try to pick up riding. I think I would be terrified." (pentathlongb.org, 24 Jul 2017; telegraph.co.uk, 10 Aug 2019)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (bbc.co.uk, 15 May 2021)

She trains at the University of Bath at Pentathlon GB's national training centre. (Instagram profile, 09 Dec 2020)

British modern pentathlete Steph Cook, Swiss tennis player Roger Federer. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2016)

Her mother. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2016)

"I have to jump on any new competition kit to get the bad luck out." (Athlete, 23 Jul 2016)

Philosophy:

"Winners never quit, quitters never win." (Athlete, 23 Jul 2016)

In 2013 she was one of two recipients of British Pentathlon's Outstanding Performance of the Year awards. (teambath.com, 21 Aug 2016)

General Interest

General
FRIENDLY GENDER RIVALRY
In the past Great Britain's female modern pentathletes have been more successful than the males, with the GB men entering 2020 having yet to pick up an Olympic medal. She says the friendly rivalry between the genders is good for morale. "In the past it's always been the women that have outdone them, but the men have come through and are doing pretty amazingly at the moment [2019/20]. So we need to start pulling some results out the bag. There is a friendly rivalry but nothing serious, a bit of banter." (telegraph.co.uk, 10 Aug 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
OR:: Olympic Record
WR:: World Record

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