Biography
Impairment information
Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency
Origin of Impairment
Congenital
Further personal information
Residence
Kippens, NF, CAN
Occupation
Athlete
Languages
English
Sport specific information
When and where did you begin this sport?
She took up swimming at age five, and began competing in 2001 in Gander, NL, Canada.
Why this sport?
Her parents enrolled her in swimming lessons because they thought it was something she needed to learn how to do.
Club / Team
Aqua Aces Swim Club [swimming]: Stephenville, NF, CAN
Name of coach
Leonard Roxon [father]
Training Regime
She swims six days a week.
International debut
Year
2006 [Para swimming]
Competing for
Canada
Tournament
World Championships
Location
Durban, RSA
General interest
Nicknames
Roxy, Kat (Facebook profile, 22 Feb 2021; canadianathletesnow.ca, 12 Dec 2011)
Hobbies
Public speaking. (LinkedIn profile, 2020)
Memorable sporting achievement
Winning gold in swimming in the SB8 100m breaststroke at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (sportmanagementhub.com, 12 Jun 2019; nfldherald.com, 25 Jun 2019)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"Winning is not coming first, it's knowing you've done your best." [a quote from her father] (canadianathletesnow.ca, 12 Dec 2011)
Awards and honours
Following her gold medal in the SB8 100m breaststroke at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, a highway near her hometown of Kippens, NL, Canada, was renamed from 'Route 490' to 'Roxon Way' in recognition of her achievement. (sportmanagementhub.com, 06 Dec 2019; cbc.ca, 20 Sep 2016)
She carried the Paralympic torch through St John's, NL, Canada, in the lead-up to the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver. (natation.ca, 19 Jul 2010)
She has received an Order of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada. (sportmanagementhub.com, 06 Dec 2019)
She carried the Paralympic torch through St John's, NL, Canada, in the lead-up to the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver. (natation.ca, 19 Jul 2010)
She has received an Order of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada. (sportmanagementhub.com, 06 Dec 2019)
Other sports
She has competed in both Para athletics and Para swimming. In 2010 she won Canadian national titles in the 100m, 200m and 400m in the T46 Para athletics category. She was classified in Para swimming in the S9, SB8, and SM9 categories for the 2022 season. (IPC, 09 May 2022; cscatlantic.ca, 29 Sep 2010)
Famous relatives
Her sister Miranda has competed in able-bodied swimming and worked as a swimming coach at the Mount Pearl Marlins Swim Club in Canada. Both sisters have been coached by their father Leonard Roxon. (Miranda Roxon LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2017; Swimming Canada, 22 Jun 2007)
Impairment
She was born with amniotic band syndrome, which resulted in her left arm being amputated below the elbow. "Strands from the amniotic sac got tangled around my arm, cutting the circulation, and my arm never grew." (sportmanagementhub.com, 06 Dec 2019, 12 Jun 2019; thetelegram.com, 24 Mar 2015)
Other information
REIGNITING THE SPARK
She spent time training in Australia in 2018 and 2019, which she said helped her rediscover her passion for swimming. "I'm falling back in love with the sport again, which is very important. It's been wonderful. I've been training on the Sunshine Coast." (paralympic.org, 15 Feb 2019)
She spent time training in Australia in 2018 and 2019, which she said helped her rediscover her passion for swimming. "I'm falling back in love with the sport again, which is very important. It's been wonderful. I've been training on the Sunshine Coast." (paralympic.org, 15 Feb 2019)
Results
Unit | Date | Rank |
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Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Women's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts | Final Round | 4 | ||
Women's 50 m Freestyle S9 | Heats | 16 | ||
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB8 | Heats | 8 | ||
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB8 | Final Round | 5 | ||
Women's 100 m Butterfly S9 | Heats | 9999 | ||
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM9 | Heats | 14 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|
Women's 50 m Freestyle S9 | Final Round | 7 | ||
Women's 50 m Freestyle S9 | Heat 2 | 5 | ||
Women's 4x100 m Medley 34pts | Heat 1 | 5 | ||
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB8 | Final Round | 5 | ||
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB8 | Heat 1 | 3 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM9 | Heat 1 | 7 | ||
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB8 | Heat 2 | 6 | ||
Women's 100 m Butterfly S9 | Heat 3 | 7 | ||
Women's 50 m Freestyle S9 | Heat 1 | 7 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Women's 100 m Butterfly S9 | Heat 2 | 2012-08-30 | 6 | |
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB8 | Final Round | 2012-09-01 | 5 | |
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB8 | Heat 1 | 2012-09-01 | 3 | |
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle 34pts | Final Round | 2012-09-03 | 7 | |
Women's 400 m Freestyle S9 | Heat 1 | 2012-09-04 | 5 | |
Women's 50 m Freestyle S9 | Heat 2 | 2012-09-05 | 6 | |
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM9 | Heat 1 | 2012-09-06 | 5 | |
Women's 4x100 m Medley 34pts | Final Round | 2012-09-07 | 7 | |
Women's 100 m Freestyle S9 | Heat 2 | 2012-09-07 | 7 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|
Women's 100 m Freestyle S9 | Final 1 | 2013-08-12 | 7 | |
Women's 100 m Freestyle S9 | Heat 1 | 2013-08-12 | 8 | |
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM9 | Final 1 | 2013-08-13 | 5 | |
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM9 | Heat 1 | 2013-08-13 | 5 | |
Women's 50 m Freestyle S9 | Heat 2 | 2013-08-13 | 9 | |
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle 34pts | Final 1 | 2013-08-15 | 2 | |
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB8 | Heat 1 | 2013-08-15 | 5 | |
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB8 | Final 1 | 2013-08-15 | 4 | |
Women's 100 m Butterfly S9 | Heat 1 | 2013-08-17 | 9 | |
Women's 4x100 m Medley 34pts | Final 1 | 2013-08-18 | 4 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB8 | Heat 1 | 2015-07-14 | 3 | |
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB8 | Final 1 | 2015-07-14 | 3 | |
Women's 50 m Freestyle S9 | Heat 2 | 2015-07-16 | 18 | |
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle 34pts | Final 1 | 2015-07-16 | 4 | |
Women's 100 m Butterfly S9 | Heat 1 | 2015-07-17 | 13 | |
Women's 4x100 m Medley 34pts | Final 1 | 2015-07-19 | 8 | |
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM9 | Final 1 | 2015-07-19 | 6 | |
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM9 | Heat 2 | 2015-07-19 | 6 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Women's 400 m Freestyle S9 | Heat 3 | 2016-09-09 | 6 | |
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM9 | Final Round | 2016-09-11 | 7 | |
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM9 | Heat 2 | 2016-09-11 | 2 | |
Women's 100 m Freestyle S9 | Heat 1 | 2016-09-12 | 5 | |
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB8 | Heat 2 | 2016-09-14 | 1 | |
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB8 | Final Round | 2016-09-14 | 1 | |
Women's 100 m Butterfly S9 | Heat 3 | 2016-09-15 | 6 | |
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle 34pts | Final Round | 2016-09-15 | 5 | |
Women's 4x100 m Medley 34pts | Final Round | 2016-09-16 | 5 |