Kate Markgraf

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Competitor for United States
Olympic medal record
Women's Football (soccer)
Silver	2000 Sydney	Team Competition
Gold	2004 Athens	Team Competition

Kate Markgraf (née Kathryn Michele Sobrero, born August 23, 1976), is an American soccer player, member of the U.S. women's national team.

Markgraf, who stands at five feet, nine inches (1.75 m), is a native of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where she attended Detroit Country Day School. At Detroit Country, she helped guide the soccer team to the state title in 1991, scoring 16 goals and having 26 assists. She was also a volleyball player there, making the All-League team three times in volleyball while she attended that school. In soccer, she made the NSCAA All-American team one time and was chosen for the All-State team three times.

After graduating high school, she decided to attend Notre Dame. In Notre Dame, she was a member of the Dean's List, and graduated with a degree in science and business. She was a three time NSCAA All-American while there, was a three time all Big East selection, the 1997 Big East defensive player of the year, and the defensive MVP of the NCAA's Final Four in 1995, the year in which her team won the NCAA women's soccer championship.

In 1998, she played in her first U.S. women's national team game, when they faced the national selection of Argentina. Markgraf (then Sobrero) was the youngest member of the team that won the Women's World Cup in 1999, and she participated also in the 2000 Olympic Games of Sydney, and the 2004 Games in Athens. The team took home the silver in 2000 and the gold in 2004.

She was a member of the Boston Breakers in the WUSA league, and she was named defender of the year for that team in 2001. The WUSA is currently inoperative due to lack of capital. She also enjoys signing autographs for her fans. In 2003, she married soccer player Chris Markgraf.

She now plays professionally for KIF Örebro in the Swedish league alongside longtime USA teammate Kristine Lilly.