Annabelle Cripps
Annabelle Mary Cripps (born 16 February 1968) Olympian (1984 & 1988) / Author: Rescue Me: A Powerful Memoir By An Olympian, represented Great Britain at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. At her 1984 Summer Games Olympic debut in Los Angeles, she placed sixth in the women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay, followed by a 14th in the women's 800-metre freestyle and a 15th place in the 200-metre freestyle four years later at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
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| Full name | Annabelle Mary Cripps | |||||||||||||||||
| National team | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 February 1968 Madison, Wisconsin, US | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Wigan Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Texas (US) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She represented England and won two silver medals at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, in the 4x100 metres and the 4x200 metres freestyle relay.
She is 14 times All-American honors swimmer at the University of Texas at Austin participated on three consecutive NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships 1986, 1987, 1988.
In 2006, Annabelle Cripps changed her name to Katherine Starr. Katherine started Safe4Athletes in 2012 a non-profit dedicated to addressing sexual abuse in sport. Published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine - International Olympic Committee consensus statement: harassment and abuse (non-accidental violence) in sport
Katherine Starr is the author of the book published in 2022 - Rescue Me: A Powerful Memoir By An Olympian. Press Release for the book
Katherine is currently an Expert Witness for Athlete Sexual Abuse. Through her expertise, she has opined on over twenty cases with record-breaking settlements.
Swimming career
Cripps represented Great Britain at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympic Games. She represented England and won two silver medals in the 4 x 100 metres and 4 x 200 metres freestyle relay, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[1][2]
References
- "1986 Athletes". Team England.
- "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- British Olympic Association athlete profile
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Annabelle Cripps". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.