A Night of Inspiration, with Katrina Webb, a fundraiser for the "Give me 5 for kids" movement, will be held in Mount Gambier at 7:00 pm on Thursday, 11 June 2009. Give Me 5 For Kids is a movement aimed at raising funds for the children's ward at local hospitals.
The Mount Gambier fundraiser will feature Katrina Webb, who has represented Australia at 3 Paralympic Games.
Katrina's record is an impressive one, a record that would be envied by any sports person.
1994 all Australian Netball Squad 17 & under
1995 Australian Institute of Sport Netball Scholarship
1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games: Gold 100m, Gold 200m, Silver Long Jump
2000 Sydney Paralympic Games: Silver 400m, Silver 100m and Bronze 200m
2004 Athens Paralympic Games: Gold 400m and Paralympic Record
Her life story is just as dramatic. When she was 18 on a netball scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport, Katrina discovered that a weakness on her right side was a mild case of Cerebral Palsy (CP). Something she had known since birth but, because she was not sure what it was and is not obvious, she found it easier to hide.
With the discovery of her CP, Katrina realised that she was eligible to compete at the Paralympic Games. A difficult decision to make, Katrina decided to tackle her disability head on and take on the challenge.
At her first Paralympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, Katrina won a Gold Medal in the 100m and 200m sprint and a Silver medal in the Long Jump. At the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games Katrina had the honour of being the first torchbearer to enter the Olympic Stadium for the opening ceremony. She went on to win Silver in the 100m and 400m sprint and a Bronze Medal in the 200m sprint.
At the Athens Paralympic Games in 2004, Katrina won another Gold medal for the 400m sprint and set a new Paralympic Record. Katrina's success on the track has made her one of Australia's top performing Paralympic athletes.
Now one of Katrina's biggest rewards in her life has been to learn how to overcome her disability, love her uniqueness and celebrate her difference.
As a qualified physiotherapist and a person that knows how to achieve gold medal results more than once, Katrina specialises in 'Turning silver to Gold' and improving the performance and health of organisations, teams and individuals through keynote speaking, team building events and corporate health and wellbeing programs.
Katrina's success as an athlete and as a business woman has been recognised internationally, when she was one of four athletes selected from around the world to present at the closing ceremony of the United Nations International Year of Sport and Physical Education in New York in 2006.
For more information on the fundraiser, contact Blue Lake Golf Club.
The Mount Gambier fundraiser will feature Katrina Webb, who has represented Australia at 3 Paralympic Games.
Katrina's record is an impressive one, a record that would be envied by any sports person.
1994 all Australian Netball Squad 17 & under
1995 Australian Institute of Sport Netball Scholarship
1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games: Gold 100m, Gold 200m, Silver Long Jump
2000 Sydney Paralympic Games: Silver 400m, Silver 100m and Bronze 200m
2004 Athens Paralympic Games: Gold 400m and Paralympic Record
Her life story is just as dramatic. When she was 18 on a netball scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport, Katrina discovered that a weakness on her right side was a mild case of Cerebral Palsy (CP). Something she had known since birth but, because she was not sure what it was and is not obvious, she found it easier to hide.
With the discovery of her CP, Katrina realised that she was eligible to compete at the Paralympic Games. A difficult decision to make, Katrina decided to tackle her disability head on and take on the challenge.
At her first Paralympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, Katrina won a Gold Medal in the 100m and 200m sprint and a Silver medal in the Long Jump. At the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games Katrina had the honour of being the first torchbearer to enter the Olympic Stadium for the opening ceremony. She went on to win Silver in the 100m and 400m sprint and a Bronze Medal in the 200m sprint.
At the Athens Paralympic Games in 2004, Katrina won another Gold medal for the 400m sprint and set a new Paralympic Record. Katrina's success on the track has made her one of Australia's top performing Paralympic athletes.
Now one of Katrina's biggest rewards in her life has been to learn how to overcome her disability, love her uniqueness and celebrate her difference.
As a qualified physiotherapist and a person that knows how to achieve gold medal results more than once, Katrina specialises in 'Turning silver to Gold' and improving the performance and health of organisations, teams and individuals through keynote speaking, team building events and corporate health and wellbeing programs.
Katrina's success as an athlete and as a business woman has been recognised internationally, when she was one of four athletes selected from around the world to present at the closing ceremony of the United Nations International Year of Sport and Physical Education in New York in 2006.
For more information on the fundraiser, contact Blue Lake Golf Club.
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