WOLLERMANN Katherinne

Chile
Canoe Sprint
12 Aug 1992
29
Female
KL1
CHIGUAYANTE
 
Chile
CONCEPCION
 
Chile

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
CSP Canoe Sprint Women's Kayak Single 200m - KL1 3 Bronze Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Sea Forest Waterway
Women's Kayak Single 200m - KL1 Heat 2
#10
Finished
Sea Forest Waterway
Women's Kayak Single 200m - KL1 Final A
#43
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocationResult
Paralympic Games
4Kayak Single 200m - KL12016Rio de Janeiro, BRA1:00.744
World Championships
3Kayak Single 200m - KL12019Szeged, HUN58.03
3Kayak Single 200m - KL12017Racice, CZE58.665
5Women's V1 200m A2013Duisburg, GER
6Kayak Single 200m - KL12018Montemor-o-Velho, POR59.115
6Women's K1 200m A2013Duisburg, GER1:12.636
7Kayak Single 200m - KL12016Duisburg, GER1:02.230
8Kayak Single 200m - KL12015Milan, ITA1:02.496
9Va'a Single 200m - VL22019Szeged, HUN1:09.83
DNSVL12015Milan, ITADNS
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Kati (paralympic.org, 23 Mar 2020)
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Reading. (mujerimpacta.cl, 27 Mar 2017)
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Occupational Therapy - University of the Americas, Santiago, CHI
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Spanish
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Club de Paracanotaje [San Pedro de la Paz, CHI]
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Ariel Rubilar [personal]
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2013 for Chile (noticias.udla.cl, 17 Jun 2019)
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She took up Para canoe at age 20 in Laguna Grande, Chile. (latercera.com, 23 May 2015)
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"When I'm in the boat I feel like I'm walking again. I can move wherever I want, like everyone else. I always say that every stroke is a step. The kayak gave me back my life and my legs." (latercera.com, 23 May 2015; mujerimpacta.cl, 27 Mar 2017)
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To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo and compete at the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile. (diarioconcepcion.cl, 04 Aug 2020; biobiochile.cl, 03 Jun 2019)
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Competing at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and winning a bronze medal in the KL1 200m at the 2017 World Championships in Racice, Czech Republic. (SportsDeskOnline, 20 Apr 2021; paralimpico.cl, 25 May 2020)
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Her mother Margot. (paralimpico.cl, 25 May 2020)
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"Canoeing gave me back the freedom I didn't have, on the ground. Thanks to canoeing I found my legs." (paralympic.org, 23 Mar 2020)
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She was named the Para Canoe Athlete of the Year by the Circle of Sports Journalists in Chile in 2016, 2017 and 2019. (mindep.cl, 20 Dec 2016; radio.uchile.cl, 12 Dec 2017; Instagram profile, 21 Dec 2019)

She was named the 2016 Athlete of the Year in Chiguayante, Chile. (chiguayante.cl, 27 Dec 2016)

General Interest

Classification
KL1, VL2 (ICF, 23 Sep 2020)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (latercera.com, 23 May 2015)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (latercera.com, 23 May 2015)

Impairment Details
In February 2012 she was diagnosed with transverse myelitis, an infection of the spinal cord which resulted in paraplegia. (latercera.com, 23 May 2015; mujerimpacta.cl, 27 Mar 2017; revistavelvet.cl, 25 Jan 2018)

General
GENDER EQUALITY CAMPAIGNER
She is a motivational speaker for gender equality in Chile. She was presented with an award from the National Service for Women and Gender Equality, a department of the Chilean government. "Women are greatly disadvantaged even today, not only at the disability level but also at the able-bodied level. I open a door for all those girls and women who may not do anything because maybe their parents or family deprives them. Or maybe they do nothing because they are simply not given the opportunities. I think there are so many issues and taboos or prejudices that need to be brought out." (paralympic.org, 23 Mar 2020)

ATHLETE REPRESENTATIVE
In 2019 she was elected as the representative of Para canoe on the Pan American Canoe Federation [COPAC] Athletes Commission. (copaconline.com, 14 Aug 2019)

Legend
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Bronze Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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