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Kath Proudfoot
Australian Paralympic athlete
Katherine Proudfoot (born 21 April 1977 in Auckland, New Zealand)[1] is a cerebral palsy athlete from Australia competing mainly in throwing events.[1] She competed in the F36 classification at the 2008, 2012 and the 2016 Summer Paralympics, winning medals at each Game.[2][3] Following a medical review request in early 2017, she now competes in seated throws in the F32 classification.[4] At the 2017 Australian Athletics Championships she threw 7.04m in the Women's Shot Put Secured event, bettering the Women's F32 shot put world record mark of 6.55m.[5]