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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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