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Kateryna Tarasenko

Kateryna Tarasenko (Катерина Миколаївна Тарасенко, born 1987, Dnipro) is a Ukrainian rower, 2012 Olympic quadruple sculls champion, Ukraine's first rowing gold; 7th in the 2008 double sculls.

Katharina Althaus

Katharina Althaus, since 2023 Katharina Schmid, German ski jumper born 1996 in Oberstdorf; two Olympic silvers (2018, 2022 normal hill), 2023 World Champion, seven world titles, 22 World Cup wins, retiring after 2026.

Katharina Gallhuber

Katharina Gallhuber, Austrian alpine skier (SC Göstling-Hochkar, FIS 56367), slalom specialist; 2018 PyeongChang Olympic slalom bronze and team parallel silver; also competed at Beijing 2022 and Milano Cortina 2026.

Katharina Huber

Katharina Huber, Austrian alpine skier born 1995 in Leoben, slalom specialist with Sportunion Waidhofen an der Ybbs; double Olympic gold medalist (Beijing 2022 mixed team, Milan-Cortina 2026 team combined with Ariane Rädler), no World Cup win.

Katharina Liensberger

Katharina Liensberger, Austrian alpine skier (born 1997, Feldkirch), slalom and giant slalom specialist; 2022 Olympic mixed team champion, 2021 double world champion, 2021 World Cup slalom title holder.

Kathe Krauss

Käthe Krauss (Katharina Anna Krauß, 1906-1970), German sprinter; 100 m bronze at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, 1938 European relay champion, 10 world records, 15 German titles.

Katherine Anna Kang

Katherine Anna Kang, American game designer and producer, id Software business development director, founder of Fountainhead Entertainment, producer of Doom RPG, Orcs & Elves, Wolfenstein RPG, Doom II RPG; former wife of John Carmack.

Katherine Grainger

Katherine Grainger, Baroness Grainger, is a Scottish rower who won five Olympic medals, including gold at London 2012, and became the first female Chair of the British Olympic Association.

Katherine Prime

Katherine Prime, American discus thrower at Florida State Women's College, set unratified world-best marks of 30.69 m (1923) and 31.17 m (1924) with the 1.5 kg discus at FSCW Field Day, Tallahassee.

Kathleen Baker

Kathleen Baker, American swimmer born 1997 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina; 2016 Olympic gold (4x100 medley relay) and silver (100 backstroke), former world record holder in the 100 back (58.00) and medley relay.

Kathleen Dawson

Kathleen Mary Dawson (born 1997, Kirkcaldy, Scotland) is a British backstroke swimmer, University of Stirling, who won Tokyo 2020 mixed medley relay gold in world-record 3:37.58 and holds the 100m backstroke European record of 58.08.

Kathleen Heddle

Kathleen Heddle was a Canadian rower who won three gold medals and one bronze at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics, becoming with Marnie McBean the first Canadians to win three Summer Olympic golds.

Kathleen Nord

Kathleen Nord (married name Kathleen Feldvoss) was a German swimmer who won the 200 meters butterfly gold medal for East Germany at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

Kathleen Partridge

Kathleen Partridge (Kathleen Anne Partridge, 1963-2021), Australian Hockeyroos goalkeeper, Seoul 1988 Olympic gold medallist, 1992 vice-captain, and pioneering national goalkeeping coach for the Hockeyroos and Kookaburras.

Kathrin Boron

Kathrin Boron (Kathrin Boron-Kölm), German rower born 1969 in Eisenhüttenstadt; four Olympic golds (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004) plus 2008 bronze, eight world titles, Thomas Keller Medal 2009.

Kathrin Haacker

Kathrin Haacker, German rower (born 1967, Wismar), SC Dynamo Berlin; Olympic gold in the women's eight for East Germany at Seoul 1988, bronze for Germany at Barcelona 1992, fourth in coxless pairs 1996, and seven World Championship medals.

Kathrin Schreiter

Kathrin (Katrin) Schreiter, born 1969, German 400m sprinter; won 1991 World Indoor 4x400m relay gold in world indoor record 3:27.22 and 1991 World Championships relay bronze; PB 51.27 s.

Kathrine Switzer

Kathrine Switzer, also known as Kathrine Virginia Switzer, is an American marathon runner who in 1967 became the first woman to officially enter the Boston Marathon, wearing bib number 261.

Kathryn Meaklim

Kathryn Meaklim (Katheryn Meaklim), South African swimmer born 1989 in Johannesburg, specialist in the 200 m and 400 m individual medley; set the short-course 400 m IM world record (4:22.88, Singapore 2009) and swam at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.

Kathy Ellis

Kathy Ellis (Kathleen Ellis, later Landgraf, Greer), American swimmer born 1946 in Indianapolis, Riviera Club; won 2 gold and 2 bronze medals in four events at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and held the 100 m butterfly world record.

Kathy Gibbons

Kathy Gibbons was an American middle- and long-distance runner from Phoenix who set a 10,000 meter world best in 1971 and made the 1972 US Olympic Team.

Kathy Hammond

Kathy Hammond (Kathleen Hammond, born 1951, Sacramento) is an American sprinter, 1972 Munich Olympic bronze medalist at 400 m (51.64) and 4x400m relay silver medalist, a seven-time American record holder and 2018 National Track & Field Hall of Fame inductee.

Kathy Heddy

Kathy Heddy (Kathryn Jean Heddy, Kathy Heddy-Drum), American swimmer born 1958 in Syracuse, New York; 1976 Olympic fifth-place 400 m freestyler, 1975 world 200 m medley champion and four-time Pan American gold medalist.

Kathy Keeler

Kathy Keeler (Kathryn Elliott Keeler-Parker), American rower born 1956 in Galveston, Texas; stroke of the US women's eight that won gold at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics in 2:59.80, the first US women's crew to win Olympic gold; 1982 world silver, later national coach.

Kathy Kreiner

Kathy Kreiner is a Canadian former World Cup alpine ski racer who won women's giant slalom gold at the 1976 Olympics in Innsbruck, upsetting the favorite Rosi Mittermaier.

Kathy Watt

Kathy Watt (Kathryn Anne Watt, born 1964, Warragul, Victoria) is an Australian cyclist, first Australian to win an Olympic road race (Barcelona 1992 gold) plus pursuit silver, with four Commonwealth Games and 24 national titles.

Katia Itzel García

Katia Itzel García Mendoza, Mexican FIFA referee (badge 2019). First Mexican woman to referee a men's World Cup match (Netherlands vs Tunisia, 2026), first in Liga MX in 20 years, Paris 2024 Olympian, IFFHS sixth-ranked.

Katie Allen

Katie Allen (Kate Ruth Allen), born 1974 in Adelaide, Australian field hockey player with the Canberra Strikers; Olympic gold at Sydney 2000, fifth at Athens 2004, World Champion 1994 and 1998, Champions Trophy winner 1995, 1997, 2003.

Katie Archibald

Katie Archibald is a retired Scottish track cyclist who won Olympic team pursuit gold at Rio 2016 and Madison gold with Laura Kenny at Tokyo 2020.

Katie Boulter

Katie Boulter, British tennis player from Leicester (born 1996), four-time WTA singles titlist (Nottingham 2023 and 2024, San Diego 2024, Ostrava 2026), career-high world No. 23, British No. 1 and Billie Jean King Cup regular.