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KATE LAWRENCE: Sport: Whitewater Slalom Kayaking
Age: 17
School: Bonalbo Central, yr 12
Lives: Old Bonalbo
Achievements:
2000:
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ranked number 3 in Australia – Junior LK1 (L stands for Ladies,
and a K1 is a kayak)
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member of the 2000 Australian junior slalom team: competed in the
junior world slalom championships in Bratislava, Slovakia, placing 30th,
and a junior world cup held in Tacen, Slovenia, placing 18th
2001:
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1st place, 18yr LK1 – national slalom championships
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1st place, LK1 – Sydney Youth Olympic Festival
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ranked number 1 in Australia, junior LK1
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ranked number 7 in Australia, open LK1
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member of the 2001 junior slalom team to compete in the Junior
Pre-World slalom championships in Poland in July, as well as competing in
another international event in the Czech republic and training at various
courses
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because of senior ranking, will also compete in a World Cup held in
Augsburg, Germany, also in July.
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accepted this year into the North Coast Academy of Sport and the
New South Wales Institute of Sport
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Senior Ladies champion – North Coast Region
2001 Australian Junior Slalom Team tour:
-30th June to 25th July
-Junior Pre-Worlds – 13-15 July – Nowy Sacz,
Poland (South East of Krakow)
-International slalom – 21-22 July – Roudnice,
Czech republic
-Will spend time training in Augsburg, (Germany);
Prague and Roudnice, (Czech republic); Nowy Sacz, (Poland)
I will be staying in Augsburg for a few days extra
with the senior team to compete in World Cup 4 in Augsburg 28-29 July.
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