Kat Lewis

Katrina Cecchini (née Lewis; born 17 June 1988)[1] is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. She was born in Canberra with mild cerebral palsy due to being born ten weeks premature.[1] She started swimming at the suggestion of a neighbour. She attended St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra, graduating in 2006.

Kat Cecchini
Personal information
Birth nameKatrina Lewis
Nationality Australia
Born (1988-06-17) 17 June 1988
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Medal record
Swimming
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Women's 4x100 m Freestyle 34 pts
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Women's 50 m Freestyle S10
IPC Swimming World Championships
Gold medal – first place2002 Mar Del PlataWomen's 4x100 m Medley Relay 34pts
Silver medal – second place2002 Mar Del PlataWomen's 400 m Freestyle S10
Bronze medal – third place2002 Mar Del PlataWomen's 100 m Freestyle S10

Her philosophy is "You may be classed as disabled but never take the 'dis' out of disabled, take the 'able' and you will get where you want to be."[2]

Career

At the 2002 IPC Swimming World Championships in Mar Del Plata, Argentina, she won a silver and bronze medal.[3] She competed in five events and won a bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Games in the Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle 34 pts event.[4] She won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Games in the Women's 50 m Freestyle S10 event.[4] She had an Australian Institute of Sport paralympic swimming scholarship.[5]

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, she finished fifth in both the Women's 50 m Freestyle and 100 m Freestyle events.[6]

Recognition
  • Dawn Fraser Junior Female Award for 2001 and 2004[3]
  • 2001 Margaret Whitfield Award[3]
  • Clubs ACT Sport Star Award for 2002, 2003 and 2005[3]

References
  1. Media Guide (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2008. p. 110. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2015.
  2. "Katrina Lewsis". Scout Australia Website. Archived from the original on 12 May 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  3. "Katrina Lewis Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  4. "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  5. "AIS Roll of Honour at the Paralympic". Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  6. "Results: Katrina Lewis". Australian Commonwealth Games Association. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
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