Kate Slatter

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Kate Elizabeth Slatter , after marriage to Kate Allen (born November 10, 1971 in Adelaide ) is a former Australian rower . Together with Megan Still , she was 1996 Olympic champion in two-man without a helmsman .

Career

In 1991 she competed in two boat classes at the World Championships : With the four-man without a helmsman , she finished eighth, with the eighth she finished 12. The four-man with Jodie Dobson , Kate Slatter, Emy Snook and Megan Still remained in the 1991 line-up also in the Olympic year together and took sixth place in the Olympic regatta . In 1993 the boat reached sixth place at the world championships with Slatter, Still, Gina Douglas and Courtney Johnstone . 1994 Alison Davies and Victoria Toogood moved to Slatter and Still in the foursome, who won the bronze medal behind the boats from the Netherlands and the USA at the World Championships in Indianapolis; the complete foursome was also in the Australian eighth, which finished sixth.

In the following year, the Australian eighth finished eighth at the World Championships in Tampere, Finland; Still and Slatter competed again in two boat classes, with the uncontrolled double the two won the world championship. In the following year, Kate Slatter and Megan Still won an Olympic gold medal in rowing at the Olympic Games in Atlanta as the only Australians so far (as of 2012).

While Megan Still ended her career after winning the Olympic Games, Kate Slatter was a member of the Australian eighth at the 1998 World Rowing Championships , finishing fourth. In 1999, she and Rachael Taylor moved from eighth back to two without a helmsman. The two finished third behind the boats from Canada and Romania at the World Championships in St. Catharines, Canada. In the Olympic season, Taylor and Slatter won the World Cup in Vienna and took second place in Lucerne behind the Romanians Georgeta Damian and Doina Ignat . At the 2000 Olympic regatta in Sydney, the Romanians won again ahead of Taylor and Slatter.

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personal data
SURNAME Slatter, Kate
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Slatter, Kate Elizabeth (full name); Allen, Kate (name after marriage)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian rower
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Adelaide