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| Full name | Katarina Mirabelle Roxon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Canadian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 5, 1993 Kippens, Newfoundland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Medley swimming, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Leonard Roxon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Katarina Mirabelle Roxon ONL (born April 5, 1993) is a medal-winning Canadian paralympic swimmer and a five-time member of Canada's Paralympic Team. [1] [2]
Her father and coach Leonard Roxon left Vellore-India for Canada with his wife Lisa in 1990. [3] She has bagged several medals in various championships.
She began her Paralympic career at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China, where at age 15 she was the youngest swimmer on the Canadian team and placed 12th in the 100m breaststroke. Four years later at the London 2012 Paralympic Games she rose seven spots to fifth. [2]
In 2016, she won a gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro and was the only representative of Canada [4] there in S9, SB8 and SM9 disability classifications. [5]
In 2017, Roxon swam 200-metre individual medley at the Canadian Swimming Championships and won two medals, one of which was gold. [6]
Roxon won a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's 34pts 4x100m relay. [7]
She was selected to be Canada's flagbearer for the opening ceremony Parade of Nations at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, along with veteran basketball medallist Patrick Anderson. She will be the first Canadian female swimmer to compete at five Paralympics, dating back to her first Games in 2008 at Beijing. [2]
Roxon was included on the "2016 Most Influential Women List" by the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity. [9] [10]
Roxon with "nubs up" friends and fellow medalists on the podium at the 2016 Rio Paralympics Games selected as one of the 52 best pictures of the Rio Paralympics by Business Insider Magazine . [11]
Katarina Roxon was selected for Women's History Month in Canada as one of the most influential women who is making history in Newfoundland & Labrador and in Canada. [12]
Roxon is a Community Hero in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. [13]
In 2016, she was a speaker at the Easter Seals Canada. [14]
In 2018, Roxon was appointed to the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador. [15]
KATARINA ROXON WAY - Highway (Route 490) named after Katarina Roxon. [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]
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