Katherine Ann Bald (born December 19, 1963) is a former competitive freestyle swimmer from Canada. She was affiliated with the University of Toronto.
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Full name | Katherine Ann Bald | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Kathy" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1963-12-19) December 19, 1963 (age 58) Etobicoke, Ontario | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Toronto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bald competed for her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There she finished in sixth position in the women's 4x100-metre freestyle relay, with her teammates Patricia Noall, Andrea Nugent and Jane Kerr.
Bald won a gold medal in the 100-metre breaststroke and a silver in the 200-metre breaststroke at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia. At the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela, she won a gold medal in the 200-metre breaststroke, silver medals in the 100-metre breaststroke and 4x100-metre freestyle relay, and a bronze in the 100-metre freestyle.
Pan American Champions in Women's 200 m breaststroke | |
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Commonwealth champions in women's 100 m breaststroke | |
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