Kate Doughty
2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait
Personal information
NicknameKato
Nationality Australia
Born (1983-08-13) 13 August 1983
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Women's Triathlon
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 ChicagoPT4

Kate Næss (née Doughty) (born 13 August 1983) is an Australian paraequestrian and paratriathlete. She won a bronze medal at the 2015 World Triathlon Grand Final. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics when paratriathlon made its debut at the Paralympics.[1]

Personal life

Doughty was born on 13 August 1983.[2] She was born without her right hand.[3] Doughty has completed a master's degree in Organisational & Industrial Psychology at Deakin University.[4] She is employed as a psychologist and management consultant in Melbourne.[2] She is patron of the Aussie Hands Foundation Inc.[3] Her father Anthony is a bookmaker in Melbourne.[5] She married Norwegian Jarle Naess in early 2018 and they have a son Henrik.[6]

Career

Equestrian

Began riding horses at the age of six.[3] Her parents were involved in the horse industry. Her equestrian achievements include:[7]

  • 2005 Victorian Championships - 2nd
  • 2005 Riding Disabled Australia Nationals - 1st section 4B ; 3rd section 4a
  • 2006 British Nationals - 1st & 3rd
  • 2008 Selection Trials for Beijing Paralympics
  • 2009 Carlton performance Horses Championship - Medium Champion
  • 2009 Victorian Dressage Club Championships Elem Freestyle - 1st
  • 2010 Australian Team at the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky, USA [4]

Triathlon

Doughty competes in the PT4 classification. in 2015, she first competed in paratriathlon competitions. 2015 results include:[8]

  • 2nd - OTU Paratriathlon Oceania Championships - Penrith
  • 2nd ITU World Paratriathlon Event - Sunshine Coast
  • 1st - 2015 Australian Paratriathlon Championships
  • 1st ITU World Paratriathlon Event - Yokohoma
  • 3rd - ITU World Paratriathlon Event - Detroit
  • 3rd - ITU World Triathlon Grand Final - Chicago

Doughty had the goal of competing at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and placed fifth in the Women's PT4 event.[9] In reflection on her event she states "My aim is go out and do the best I can and to walk away knowing that I did everything I could do to execute my best on race day."[10] Doughty also recalls "I've been wanting to come to the Paralympics and compete and I thought I'd be doing it on a horse. So doing it on my own legs was a shock."[11]

At the 2019 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final in Lausanne, she finished sixth in the Women's PTS5.[12]

She announced her retirement from elite triathlon in August 2020.[13]

Recognition

  • 2004 - Equestrian Federation of Australia Young Rider of the Year finalist [7]
  • 2007 "Leader" Sports Star of the Year – Eastern Region [7]
  • 2015 - Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder [2]

References

  1. ↑ "DEBUTANT PARATRIATHLETES PUT ICING ON THE RIO CAKE". Triathlon Australia website. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Kate Doughty". Victorian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Kate Doughty - Patron of Aussie Hands". YouTube. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Patron". Aussie Hands Foundation Inc. Archived from the original on 10 August 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Golden rain for paratris in Yokohoma". Triathlon Australia. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Mum's the word for multi-tasking Kate Doughty". Triathlon Australia. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  7. 1 2 3 "Kate Doughty - Equestrian Profile". Victorian Institute of Sport. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "Kate Doughty". International Triathlon Union Athlete Results. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "PT4 Schedule & Results". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  10. ↑ Spits, Scott (10 September 2016). "How Kate Doughty fast-tracked to triathlon at the Rio Paralympics". How Kate Doughty fast-tracked to triathlon at the Rio Paralympics. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  11. ↑ "Doughty remembers mum on Rio Para debut". Doughty remembers mum on Rio Para debut. SBS. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  12. ↑ "Parker crowned World Champion in Lausanne". Triathlon Australia. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  13. ↑ "Paralympian Kate Næss Calls Time On Career". Paralympics Australia. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
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