DEDEKIND Katja

Date of Birth: 17 Aug 2001

Age: 20

Gender: Female

Sport Class: S13

Place of birth: DURBAN

Birth Country:

South Africa

Place of residence : AUSTRALIA

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 50m Freestyle - S13	4
	Women's 400m Freestyle - S13	3
	Women's 100m Backstroke - S13	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Backstroke - S13 Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Backstroke - S13 Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 400m Freestyle - S13 Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 400m Freestyle - S13 Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 50m Freestyle - S13 Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 50m Freestyle - S13 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
3	100m Backstroke - S13	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:12.25
7	400m Freestyle - S13	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	4:50.43
11	50m Freestyle - S13	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	28.97
14	100m Freestyle - S13	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:04.59
World Championships
6	100m Freestyle - S13	2019	London, GBR	1:01.63
6	100m Backstroke - S13	2019	London, GBR	1:10.35
6	4x100m Freestyle Relay - 49 Points	2019	London, GBR	4:03.89
7	50m Freestyle - S13	2019	London, GBR	28.04

Reading. (uschighperformance.sport.blog, 28 Feb 2020)

Occupation:

Creative Writing, Publishing - University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD, AUS

Languages spoken:

University of the Sunshine Coast [USC] Spartans [Australia]

Nathan Doyle [club], AUS

Other sports:

She was named Best Defensive Junior Player at the 2012 National Goalball Championships in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. (paralympic.org.au, 01 Sep 2016)

2016 for Australia (paralympic.org.au, 01 Sep 2016)

She was introduced to swimming at an early age, and began competing in 2012. (Athlete, 12 Sep 2017; paralympic.org.au, 01 Sep 2016)

Her mother introduced Katja and her twin brother to the sport. (Athlete, 12 Sep 2017; paralympic.org.au, 01 Sep 2016)

Australian swimmers Cate Campbell and Bronte Campbell, Australian goalball players Meica Horsburgh and Nicole Esdaile. (paralympic.org.au, 01 Sep 2016)

Her mother. (Athlete, 12 Sep 2017)

Philosophy:

"If it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you." (sportingdreams.org.au, 01 Jan 2016)

She was named 2019 Most Improved Athlete of the Year by the Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association in Queensland, Australia. (sahof.org.au, 10 Sep 2020)

She took part in the Queen's baton relay ahead of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. (couriermail.com.au, 21 Nov 2017)

In 2016 she was named Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association Junior Female Athlete of the Year. (Athlete, 12 Sep 2017)

She was named Swimmer of the Meet at the 2015 Swimming Queensland Sprint Championships in Brisbane, QLD, Australia. (paralympic.org.au, 01 Sep 2016)

General Interest

Classification
S13, SB13, SM13 (IPC, 22 Jan 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (paralympic.org.au, 01 Sep 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (paralympic.org.au, 01 Sep 2016)

Impairment Details
Her vision impairment is the result of congenital cataracts and amblyopia. She has no vision in her right eye and limited vision in her left eye. (couriermail.com.au, 09 May 2017; paralympic.org.au, 01 Sep 2016)

General
POET
In 2015 she received the Dorothea Mackellar Multicultural New South Wales [NSW] Award in Australia for writing the poem 'The Open Door'. (paralympic.org.au, 01 Sep 2016)

Social Media

Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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