Katharine is one of Britain’s most outstanding female athletes of all time. Labelled as Britain’s most talented female sprinter, Katharine’s success at junior level was outstanding. She achieved an unprecedented 9 AAA’s age group titles over 100m and 200m, as well as winning the English school’s pentathlon, making her GB under 20 debut at the astonishingly young age of 13 years old. In only three appearances at the European Junior championship Katharine has won 5 medals, including gold over 200m and 4 x 100m in 1993. Before the 1999 season, 1994 had been Katharine’s best year to date. She won the 100m and 200m at the AAA’s and took second place in both events at the European Cup in Birmingham. In doing so, Katharine set her 100m personal best of 11.34 and broke the British indoor record over 200m.

In 1997, Katharine achieved British No.1 status, winning the British title and recording her best time of 22.76 sec. In 1998 Katharine again dominated the domestic season winning the 200m National Championships and representing GB at the European Championships in Budapest. Despite a disappointing semi-final place in the 200m she discovered her amazing ability to run 400m. She dominated the 4x400m final ensuring a Bronze medal position for the team. At the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Katharine steamed through to the 400m final, dubbed as the race of the games, where she spectacularly achieved a bronze placed finish, with a personal best of 49.72, in front of a 112,000 capacity crowd.

Katharine’s media career is now established and she reinforced this in 2006 when presenting a series of features and live programmes for regional BBC TV and radio, including coverage of a number of sports at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.  She then followed this up in 2007 with her involvement with Radio 5 on their coverage of the World Championships in Osaka. Her journalistic skills have also been honed through regular columns for the Telegraph and health and fitness magazines.

In 2006 UK Athletics appointed Katharine as UKA and Norwich Union Athlete Mentor to assist current junior athletes in their long term preparations for major championships and their lives as professional athletes. She is also an experienced motivational speaker, working with both sporting organisations and other corporate clients.

Kath was part of the successful BBC Radio 5 Live commentary team in Beijing, where she covered Athletics, Triathlon and Modern Pentathlon.  She is also the infield presenter at all GB televised Track and Field events and a presenter for Nova International (Great North Series).

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