Kathy Read

Kathy Read
Personal information
Born (1969-06-30) 30 June 1969
Great Yarmouth, England
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight 60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Club Barnet Copthall, Norwich Penguins

Katherine Read (born 30 June 1969), also known by her married name Katherine Osher, is an English former backstroke swimmer who competed at three Olympic Games, in Los Angeles 1984, Seoul 1988 and Barcelona 1992.[1] At the Commonwealth Games, she won a silver medal in the 200 m backstroke in 1986 and a bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke in 1994. She also won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1993 European Championships.[2]

Career

Read competed at her first Olympic Games in Los Angeles 1984 at the age of 15 and reached the B final of the 200 m backstroke, finishing 11th overall. Two years later at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, she won a silver medal in the 200 m backstroke.

At her second Olympic Games in Seoul 1988, Read reached the B finals of both the 100 m and 200m backstroke, overall she finished 16th and 12th respectively. At her final Olympics in Barcelona 1992, she was eliminated in the heats, finishing 24th overall in the 100 m and 21st in the 200m backstroke events.

During her career, Read also reached six individual finals at the European Championships, 8th at 200 m (1987), 7th at both 100 m & 200 m (1989), 6th at 200 m (1991) and 6th at both 100 & 200 m (1993). It was at the 1993 event in Sheffield that she finally won a European Championship medal, winning bronze in the medley relay along with teammates Jaime King, Nicola Goodwin and Karen Pickering.

At the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria (as Kathy Osher), she won two medals, bronze in the 100 m backstroke, followed by a silver in the medley relay. She competed at the 1996 Olympic trials, but failed to make the team for Atlanta.

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States 11th 200 m backstroke 2:18.33
1986 Commonwealth Games Edinburgh, Scotland 5th 100 m backstroke 1:04.88
2nd 200 m backstroke 2:16.92
8th 400 m Ind. medley 4:58.91
1986 World Championships Madrid, Spain 13th 100 m backstroke 1:04.52
13th 200 m backstroke 2:18.13
10th 4 x 100 m medley 4:19.37
1987 European Championships Strasbourg, France 8th 200 m backstroke 2:16.46
1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 16th 100 m backstroke 1:04.27
12th 200 m backstroke 2:18.20
9th 4 x 100 m medley 4:16.18
1989 European Championships Bonn, Germany 7th 100 m backstroke 1:04.60
7th 200 m backstroke 2:16.85
5th 4 x 100 m medley 4:13.89
1990 Commonwealth Games Auckland, New Zealand 6th 100 m backstroke 1:04.59
5th 200 m backstroke 2:15.75
1991 European Championships Athens, Greece 6th 200 m backstroke 2:15.15
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 24th 100 m backstroke 1:04.97
21st 200 m backstroke 2:17.15
1993 European Championships Sheffield, England 6th 100 m backstroke 1:03.54
6th 200 m backstroke 2:14.55
3rd 4 x 100 m medley 4:12.18
1994 Commonwealth Games Victoria, Canada 3rd 100 m backstroke 1:03.27
6th 200 m backstroke 2:16.25
2nd 4 x 100 m medley 4:12.83

References

  1. ↑ Kathy Read. sports-reference.com
  2. ↑ Swimming - European Championships. the-sports.org
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