Kathleen Williams (gymnast)

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Kathleen Williams
MBE
Personal information
Full nameKathleen Winnifred Williams
NationalityBritish
Born (1964-02-16) 16 February 1964 (age 59)
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Sport
Sport Gymnastics

Kathleen Winnifred Williams MBE OLY [1] (born 16 February 1964) is a British gymnast. She competed in six events at the 1984 Summer Olympics. [2]

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Gymnastics career

In 1980, Kathleen was selected as the youngest gymnast to represent Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Olympics, however due to injury had to withdraw.

Four years later, Kathleen was selected for the 1984 Summer Olympics, becoming the first black gymnast to be selected for and compete at an Olympic Games for Great Britain. [3]

Honours and awards

Kathleen was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to Dance.

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References

  1. "Kathy Williams OLY". Yorkshiredance.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kathleen Williams Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  3. "Black History Month: Spotlight on Kathy Williams". British-Gymnastics.