- Date of Birth:
- 10 January 1984 (24)
- Sport:
- Modern Pentathlon
- Home Town:
- Cleveland
- Current Address:
- Bath
Katy Livingston is a Great British prospect for the London Olympics in 2012 in the Modern Pentathlon.
Katy started competing in Biathlons (running and swimming) at the age of 12 because they were organised by Saltburn and Marske swimming club, where she has been a member since the age of 8. She also took part in cross country running, athletics and netball whilst at school, competing in three National Cross Country finals and becoming Cleveland County High Jump Champion.
Having been successful in Biathlons, Katy took up pistol shooting to compete in Tetrathlons. Then at the age of 14, her dad encouraged her to learn fencing and agreed that if she enjoyed it he would fund horse riding lessons in order for her to compete in the full Modern Pentathlon event (swimming, running, shooting, fencing & riding).
In 2004 and 2005, whilst Katy was fine tuning her riding skills she competed in Tetrathlons (running, swimming, shooting and fencing) and proved that she has the talent and determination to win major championships in becoming National Junior and Senior Champion in 2004.
Having mastered the jumps on unfamiliar horses (athletes are given a mount at random) Katy proved that she is the best prospect in her sport last year when she won the 2005 Junior British Pentathlon Championships, her greatest achievement to date.
2006 was Katy’s first year as a senior athlete and was her most successful yet. She continued her good form from 2005 by winning the Senior National Tetrathlon Championships to earn a place in her first Senior World Cup Event.
So far Katy has competed in four World Cup Events with her best result coming in Moscow where she finished 6th. At the 2007 European Championships she finished 6th thereby achieving qualification standard for Beijing and also won an impressive Team Gold.
2008 has been extremely successful with Katy winning individual Gold in the first World Cup of the season in Cairo and a Bronze at the World Championships. Having qualified for the Beijing Olympics she finished a respectable 7th, and her focus is now on winning a medal at London 2012.
Achievements:
2008 Ranked 3rd in the World
2008 7th - Olympic Games, Beijing
2008 Team Silver - World Championships, Budapest
2008 Bronze - World Championships, Budapest
2008 Gold - World Cup, Cairo
2007 Team Gold - European Championships, Latvia
2007 6th - European Championships, Latvia
2007 Silver - World Cup, Moscow
2007 13th - World Cup, Cairo
2006 Team Silver - World Championships, Guatemala
2006 18th - World Championships, Guatemala
2006 Team Gold - European Championships, Hungary
2006 11th - European Championships, Hungary
2006 16th - World Cup, Hungary
2006 6th - World Cup, Russia
2005 Senior World Championships finalist
2005 14th Individual & Team Gold - World Junior Champs
2005 12th - World Cup, Athens
2005 1st - British Championships
2005 1st - Poland International
2004 9th - Individual & Relay Silver, World Junior Championships
2004 12th - Individual & Team Silver, European Junior Champs
2004 4th - German Open Championships
2004 2nd - National Student Championships
2003 13th - Individual & Team Gold, World Junior Championships
2003 2nd - National Junior Pentathlon Championships
2003 1st - National Junior Tetrathlon Championships
