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Katy Sexton MBE Age 23<br />
Date of birth: 21.06.82<br />
Born: Portsmouth<br />
Lives: Portsmouth<br />
Club: Portsmouth<br />
Northsea<br />
Coach: Graham Wardell<br />
Height: 1.80m<br />
Weight: 68kg<br />
TRAINS: Portsmouth<br />
OCCUPATION: Student<br />
First sporting success: Coming third at the European<br />
Youth Olympics in 1995<br />
Finest sporting moment: Becoming World Champion<br />
Tip for the top: Work hard<br />
Year of first GB selection: 1997<br />
How and why get involved in swimming:<br />
It’s good fun, it keeps you active and you meet some<br />
amazing people. The rewards from swimming are great<br />
Sporting heroes: Steve Redgrave and Paula Radcliffe<br />
Closest friend in sport: Rebecca Cooke<br />
Favourite other sport:<br />
My fiancé has got me into cricket<br />
Would most like to meet: Madonna and Cameron Diaz<br />
Prized possession: My MBE<br />
Biggest influence: Chris Nesbit<br />
Toughest opponent: Mel Marshall<br />
Biggest passion away from swimming:<br />
Shopping and going on holiday<br />
Biggest disappointment:<br />
My performance in the Athens Olympics 2004<br />
Favourite venue:<br />
Ponds Forge because I always swim well there<br />
Tips to relax: Yoga!<br />
Family: My Mum and Dad are called Faye and Ken<br />
and I have a sister called Kerry who’s 26. My fiancé<br />
is called Dean<br />
Ultimate ambition: To win an Olympic medal<br />
Where do you see yourself in 10 years?<br />
I will have to wait and see<br />
<strong>Swimming</strong>: PBT Long Course<br />
50m Backstroke 29.11 (03)<br />
100m Backstroke 1.00.49 (03) BR<br />
200m Backstroke 2.08.74 (03) BR<br />
Career highlights:<br />
Winning gold and silver at the World Championships<br />
in Barcelona 2003, winning gold in the Commonwealth<br />
Games in Kuala Lumpur in 1998, bronze medallist at the<br />
European Championships in 1999 in the 4x100m medley<br />
relay and a bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth<br />
Games<br />
Commonwealth Games previously attended:<br />
1998, 2002<br />
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