ROXON Katarina

Canada
Swimming
5 Apr 1993
28
Female
SB8,S9,SM9
CORNER BROOK, NF
 
Canada

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SWM Swimming Women's 100m Freestyle - S9  
Women's 100m Breaststroke - SB8 4
Women's 200m Individual Medley - SM9  
Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Pts
CAN
Canada
 3 Bronze Medal
Women's 4x100m Medley Relay - 34 Points
CAN
Canada
 DSQ

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Women's 100m Breaststroke - SB8 Heat 1
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Women's 100m Breaststroke - SB8 Final
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Points Final
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Women's 100m Freestyle - S9 Heat 3
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Women's 200m Individual Medley - SM9 Heat 1
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Women's 4x100m Medley Relay - 34 Points Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocationResult
Paralympic Games
1100m Breaststroke - SB82016Rio de Janeiro, BRA1:19.44
54x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Points2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA4:29.40
54x100m Medley Relay - 34 Points2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA5:01.13
5100m Breaststroke - SB82012London, GBR1:27.07
7200m Individual Medley - SM92016Rio de Janeiro, BRA2:37.87
74x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Points2012London, GBR4:38.23
74x100m Medley Relay - 34 Points2012London, GBR5:10.85
10400m Freestyle - S92012London, GBR5:17.03
10200m Individual Medley - SM92012London, GBR2:51.27
11400m Freestyle - S92016Rio de Janeiro, BRA5:10.62
11100m Butterfly - S92012London, GBR1:18.610
1250m Freestyle - S92012London, GBR31.78
12100m Freestyle - S92012London, GBR1:08.58
12100m Breaststroke - SB82008Beijing, CHN1:34.59
14100m Freestyle - S92016Rio de Janeiro, BRA1:07.19
1450m Freestyle - S92008Beijing, CHN31.85
14200m Individual Medley - SM92008Beijing, CHN2:55.75
16100m Butterfly - S92016Rio de Janeiro, BRA1:16.93
19100m Butterfly - S92008Beijing, CHN1:22.72
World Championships
2100m Breaststroke - SB82019London, GBR1:21.96
24x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Points2013Montreal, QC, CAN4:35.41
34x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Points2019London, GBR4:30.09
3100m Breaststroke - SB82015Glasgow, GBR1:21.97
44x100m Medley Relay - 34 Points2019London, GBR5:05.05
44x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Points2015Glasgow, GBR4:35.05
4100m Breaststroke - SB82013Montreal, QC, CAN1:25.21
44x100m Medley Relay - 34 Points2013Montreal, QC, CAN5:16.31
44x100m Medley Relay - 34 Points2006Durban, RSA5:28.22
5200m Individual Medley - SM92013Montreal, QC, CAN2:46.59
5100m Breaststroke - SB82010Eindhoven, NED1:27.14
5100m Breaststroke - SB82006Durban, RSA1:33.63
6200m Individual Medley - SM92015Glasgow, GBR2:42.35
7200m Individual Medley - SM92019London, GBR2:41.85
7100m Freestyle - S92013Montreal, QC, CAN1:07.37
750m Freestyle - S92010Eindhoven, NED31.93
84x100m Medley Relay - 34 Points2015Glasgow, GBR5:09.90
950m Freestyle - S92013Montreal, QC, CAN31.63
9100m Butterfly - S92013Montreal, QC, CAN1:18.00
10100m Freestyle - S92019London, GBR1:07.10
104x100m Medley Relay - 34 Points2010Eindhoven, NED5:39.03
13100m Butterfly - S92015Glasgow, GBR1:16.84
14200m Individual Medley - SM92006Durban, RSA3:03.52
1650m Freestyle - S92006Durban, RSA33.90
1850m Freestyle - S92015Glasgow, GBR31.61
DSQ100m Butterfly - S92006Durban, RSADSQ
Commonwealth Games
5100m Breaststroke - SB92014Glasgow, GBR1:23.95
5200m Individual Medley - SM102014Glasgow, GBR2:43.19
5100m Freestyle - S92010Delhi, IND1:09.03
5100m Butterfly - S92010Delhi, IND1:18.84
6100m Freestyle - S92018Gold Coast, QLD, AUS1:08.18
6100m Breaststroke - SB92018Gold Coast, QLD, AUS1:26.18
650m Freestyle - S92010Delhi, IND34.37
8200m Individual Medley - SM102018Gold Coast, QLD, AUS2:48.32
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Roxy, Kat (Facebook profile, 22 Feb 2021; canadianathletesnow.ca, 12 Dec 2011)
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Public speaking. (LinkedIn profile, 2020)
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Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF, CAN
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English
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Aqua Aces Swim Club [Stephenville, NF, CAN]
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Leonard Roxon [father]
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Her sister Miranda has competed in able-bodied swimming and worked as a swimming coach at the Mount Pearl Marlins Swim Club in Canada. Both sisters have been coached by their father Leonard Roxon. (Miranda Roxon LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2017; Swimming Canada, 22 Jun 2007)
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She has previously competed in Para athletics at national level in Canada. In 2010 she won national titles in 100m, 200m and 400m in the T46 category. (cscatlantic.ca, 29 Sep 2010)
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2006 for Canada, World Championships in Durban, South Africa (natation.ca, 19 Jul 2010)
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She took up swimming at age five, and began competing in 2001 in Gander, NF, Canada. (sportmanagementhub.com, 06 Dec 2019; canadianathletesnow.ca, 12 Dec 2011; cbc.ca, 14 Aug 2015)
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Her parents enrolled her in swimming lessons because they thought it was something she needed to learn how to do. (sportmanagementhub.com, 06 Dec 2019; canadianathletesnow.ca, 12 Dec 2011)
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To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (thetelegram.com, 08 Sep 2019; nfldherald.com, 25 Jun 2019; rockswim.ca, 01 Feb 2019)
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She swims six days a week. (rockswim.ca, 01 Feb 2019)
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Winning gold in the SB8 100M breaststroke at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (sportmanagementhub.com, 12 Jun 2019; nfldherald.com, 25 Jun 2019)
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She always listens to music to help her get 'pumped up' before a race. (Athlete, 18 Jul 2007)
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"Winning is not coming first, it's knowing you've done your best." [a quote from her father] (canadianathletesnow.ca, 12 Dec 2011)

"My message to all kids, if they have a disability or not, is that anything is possible, if you dream big, and have determination. This life is their story, and they can make it as great as they want, but it will take hard work, and a lot of heart to reach any dream they desire." (sportmanagementhub.com, 06 Dec 2019)
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She has received an Order of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada. (sportmanagementhub.com, 06 Dec 2019)

She was nominated for the 2016 Most Influential Athlete award by the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity. She eventually lost out to rugby sevens player Jen Kish. (thewesternstar.com, 10 Mar 2017)

Following her gold medal performance in the SB8 100m breaststroke at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, a highway near her hometown of Kippens, NF, Canada, was renamed from 'Route 490' to 'Roxon Way' in recognition of her achievement. (sportmanagementhub.com, 06 Dec 2019; cbc.ca, 20 Sep 2016)

She carried the Paralympic torch through St John's, NF, Canada, in the lead up to the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver. (natation.ca, 19 Jul 2010)

General Interest

Classification
S9, SB8, SM9 (IPC, 05 Mar 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (thetelegram.com, 24 Mar 2015)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (sportmanagementhub.com, 06 Dec 2019)

Impairment Details
She was born with amniotic band syndrome, which resulted in her left arm being amputated below the elbow. "Strands from the amniotic sac got tangled around my arm, cutting the circulation, and my arm never grew." (sportmanagementhub.com, 06 Dec 2019, 12 Jun 2019; thetelegram.com, 24 Mar 2015)

General
REIGNITING THE SPARK
She spent time training in Australia in 2018 and 2019, which she said helped her rediscover her passion for swimming. "I'm falling back in love with the sport again, which is very important. It's been wonderful. I've been training on the Sunshine Coast since August [2018]. I'm loving it here way more than Canada right now, I just don't like the snow." (paralympic.org, 15 Feb 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
DSQ:
Disqualified
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