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Katharine Jane (Kate) Rattray (born 1962) is an alpine skier from New Zealand.
In the 1984 Winter Olympics at Sarajevo, she came 29th in the Downhill.
In the 1988 Winter Olympics at Calgary, she came 21st in the Slalom, and 28th in the Super G.
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Katharine Jane (Kate) Rattray (born 1962) is an alpine skier from New Zealand.
In the 1984 Winter Olympics at Sarajevo, she came 29th in the Downhill.
In the 1988 Winter Olympics at Calgary, she came 21st in the Slalom, and 28th in the Super G.
Katherine Jill Trolove is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eight position with the National Women's Field Hockey Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She was also a member of the squad that won the bronze medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. Two years later, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Trolove ended up sixth with The Black Sticks.
Sheila Grace Young-Ochowicz is a retired American speed skater and track cyclist. She won three world titles in each of these sports, twice in the same year. In 1976, she also became the first American athlete to win three medals at one Winter Olympics.
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Zoi Katherine Sadowski-Synnott is a New Zealand snowboarder, specialising in slopestyle and big air competitions. She won the gold medal in the women's slopestyle and silver in the big air at the 2022 Winter Olympics, becoming New Zealand's first gold medallist and first to win multiple medals at the Winter Olympics. She also won the bronze medal in the women's big air at the 2018 Winter Olympics, and won the women's slopestyle title at the 2019 World Championships.
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