Medal record | ||
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Women’s Rowing | ||
Competitor for Australia | ||
Olympic Games | ||
Gold | 1996 Atlanta | Coxless pair |
Silver | 2000 Sydney | Coxless pair |
World Championships | ||
Bronze | 1994 | Coxless four |
Gold | 1995 | Coxless pair |
Bronze | 1999 | Coxless pair |
Commonwealth Games | ||
Silver | 1994 | Coxless Four |
Silver | 1994 | Eight |
Kate Elizabeth Slatter (married name Kate Allen[1]) is a World Champion and Olympic rower from Adelaide, South Australia.[2] She is considered the most successful female rower in Australia's history.[1]
Slatter won a gold medal in the Coxless Pair at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics with Megan Still, together becoming Australia's first female gold medal recipients in the sport of rowing.[3] Slatter went on to win a silver medal at her home Olympics in Sydney, 2000.
Slatter began rowing at the Adelaide University Boat Club in 1989,[4] and rowed in their victorious Women's Eight in the 1996 Australian University Games, two weeks after winning gold in Atlanta.[5]
Slatter has won 16 national titles and was awarded the Order of Australia medal for her rowing achievements.[6]