Kate Anderson-Richardson
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| Born | 5 November 1973 | |||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | |||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||
| Event(s) | Women's 5000m, 10000m | |||||||||||
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Kate Suzanne Richardson (née Anderson; born 5 November 1973 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian athlete, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in the women's 5000 metres making the Semi Finals. Richardson (née Anderson) was a finalist in the 1997 World Championship 5000m (Athens, Greece), and also represented Australia in the 1999 World Championships (Seville, Spain) plus numerous World Cross-Country Championships.[1]
In November 1999 she married fellow runner Jason A. Richardson. She is a two-time national champion in the women's 5000 metres and former Australian record holder over 1500m (breaking Jenny Orr's 20+ year record) and 5000m.
Richardson won a gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, in the 5000m event, after suffering a severe kidney infection which had led her to be bedridden less than a year earlier.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kate Anderson". Athletics Australia Historical Resulrs. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ Johnson, Len (26 March 1998). "Top runner out of the blocks after illness". The Age. p. 52. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- Kate Richardson-Anderson at World Athletics
- Kate Richardson (Anderson) at Australian Athletics Historical Results
External links
[edit]- Kate Richardson at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Kate Anderson at Olympics.com
- Kate Anderson-Richardson at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Kate Anderson at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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