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Kathryn Thomson

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Kathryn Thomson
Personal information
Born (1996-01-26) 26 January 1996 (age 29)
Irvine, Scotland
Height153 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportShort track speed skating
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2018, 2022
Medal record
Women's short-track speed skating
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Dresden 3000 metre relay
European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
Silver medal – second place 2013 Brașov 500 metre

Kathryn Thomson (born 26 January 1996) is a British short track speed skater who competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China.[1]

Early life

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Thomson was born in Irvine,[2] Scotland, and raised in Kilmarnock.[3] She attended Wellington School in Ayr[4] and Grange Academy in Kilmarnock,[5] before leaving full-time education at the age of 16 to pursue her career in short track speed skating.[5]

Career

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In 2009, Thomson competed at the "Future Champions Trophy" in Amsterdam, Netherlands. At the time, she was training on the ice twice a week.[6] Thomson moved to Nottingham, England in 2012, to become a full-time athlete.[3][7] She is based at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham.[8] Thomson won a silver medal in the 500 metres event at the 2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival. She crashed out of her 1500 metres semi-final at the Festival.[9] At the start of the 2016–17 season, Thomson set her personal best in a World Cup event in Calgary, Canada.[7]

Thomson qualified to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics in the 500, 1000 and 1500 metres events.[10] Thomson finished fourth in her 1500 metres heat, and did not qualify for the final.[11] She finished third in her 500 metres heat, and did not qualify for the quarter final,[12] and fourth in her 1,000 metres heat, again not qualifying for the quarter final.[13] She was part of the British team that came third in the mixed team relay at the 2018–19 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup event in Dresden.[14] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Thomson moved in with her parents and worked in a Dunelm furniture store to fund her participation in short track speed skating;[15] the sport did not receive funding for the 2018–2022 funding cycle, and it cost Thomson £22,000 to compete in the 2021–22 season.[16]

At the British trials for the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thomson won the 7-lap time trial, 1 lap with a flying start, 1.5 laps from standing start[17] and 500 metres events. She tied for first in the 1,500 metres event with Elise Christie.[18] Thomson was selected for the 2022 Games in the 500, 1000 and 1500 metres events.[19] In the 500 and 1000 metres events, she finished last in her heat.[20][21] She withdrew on medical grounds from the 1500 metre event before her first heat.[22]

References

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  1. ^ "Kathryn THOMSON - Short Track Speed Skating". Beijing 2022 Olympics. Archived from the original on 27 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Kathryn Thomson". teamgb.com. Team GB. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Kathryn Thomson". gbshorttrack.org. GB Short Track. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  4. ^ "PyeongChang 2018 Awaits Former Wellington Pupil, Kathryn Thomson". wellingtonschool.org. Wellington School. 6 February 2018. Archived from the original on 10 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Kathryn Thomson ready for her Olympic debut while Elise Christie has her sights set on silverware". The Herald. 4 February 2018. Archived from the original on 10 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  6. ^ Fullerton, Clair (27 March 2009). "Speed skating: Kathryn Thomson competes in Holland". Daily Record. Glasgow. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  7. ^ a b Egelstaff, Susan (9 December 2016). "Speed skating: Kathryn Thomson keen to crash Olympic party". The National. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  8. ^ Talbot-Smith, Charlie (16 February 2013). "Kathryn Thomson relishing speed skater medal battle". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  9. ^ Talbot-Smith, Charlie (19 February 2013). "Speed skating: Kathryn Thomson hits new heights with silver in Romania". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Five short track speed skaters selected for PyeongChang 2018". Team GB. 13 December 2017. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  11. ^ "Elise Christie wins 1,500m short-track speed skating heat and Charlotte Gilmartin qualifies". Sky Sports. 17 February 2018. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Heats results". Archived from the original on 15 March 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  13. ^ "Heats results". Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  14. ^ "CHRISTIE PRAISES TEAMMATES AS BRITISH QUARTET WIN MIXED RELAY BRONZE". Team GB. 2 February 2019. Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Winter Olympics: Speed skater Kathryn Thomson goes from furniture shop to second Games". BBC Sport. 4 February 2022. Archived from the original on 4 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  16. ^ "Ayrshire speed skater Kathryn Thomson hopeful £22k gamble will pay off at Beijing Olympics". Yahoo! Sports. 4 February 2022. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  17. ^ "All You Need to Know From Days 1 & 2 of the Short Track Speed Skating Selection Event". Ice Skating. 20 August 2021. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  18. ^ "Final Day of Racing Closes GB Performance Squad Selection Event". Ice Skating. 26 August 2021. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  19. ^ "Three Short Track Speed Skaters Selected for Beijing 2022". Team GB. 20 December 2021. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  20. ^ "Winter Olympics: Short-Track Skating – Women's 500m". BBC Sport. 5 February 2022. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  21. ^ "Winter Olympics 2022 - GB's Kathryn Thomson out of 1000m as Suzanne Schulting and Arianna Fontana progress untroubled". Eurosport. 9 February 2022. Archived from the original on 3 December 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  22. ^ Team GB [@TeamGB] (16 February 2022). "Following tests this afternoon it has been decided that Kat Thomson will not compete in the women's 1500m short track competition on medical grounds" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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