Katie Burnett

Personal information

Birth name

Kathleen Marie Burnett

Nationality

American

Born

7 October 1988
Bellevue, Washington, United States

Height

5 ft 6.5 in (1.689 m)

Sport

College team

Turned pro

2011

Achievements and titles

Personal best(s)

5000 m Walk: 23:45.40 (2015)^[1]
10 kilometres race walk: 48:12.32 (2016)^[1]

20 kilometres race walk: 1:37:51 (2015)^[1]

Medal record

Representing United States

Updated on 30 Jan 2017.

Katie Burnett (born 7 October 1988) is an American champion racewalker.

Prep

Burnett was a two-time state meet placer at Desert Ridge High School in Mesa, Arizona. Burnett placed second in the 2007 USATF Junior Olympics with a 3,000-meter race walk time of 16:32. Burnett placed fourth in the Arizona Interscholastic Association state track and field championship high jump at 5-0 and eighth in the shot put at 35-8, both as a senior in 2007.

Burnett threw the javelin a length of 131-6.75 at NCAA Division I for the University of Arizona in 2008.

Burnett is a six-time National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics All-American race walker at William Penn University and earned another All-America award at the national NAIA track and field championship in the javelin as a senior in 2011.

Burnett placed third in 20km at 2016 United States Olympic Trials. On 1/28/2017 in Santee, California - In her first 50 km, Burnett (after training in El Cajon, California) won the US National title Saturday afternoon, and also set new American records in the 40 km and 50 km at the USATF 50K Race Walk Championships.^[2]

Year	Competition	Venue	Place	Time
2015	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Arica, Chile	22nd	1:45:24
2014	IAAF World Race Walking Cup	Taicang, Jiangsu, China	78th	1:44:00
2013	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala	14th	1:45:15

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