Kathryn Thomson

Kathryn Thomson (born 26 January 1996) is a British short track speed skater who competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Kathryn Thomson
Personal information
Born (1996-01-26) 26 January 1996
Irvine, Scotland
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportShort track speed skating
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2018
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
2013 Brașov500 metre

Kathryn is now preparing to compete at the 2021 Beijing Olympics and is currently the leading GB Female Skater planning to compete in the 1500m, 1000m, 500m, Mixed Relay and the Ladies Relay.

She has competed at all 4 World Cups in the lead up to qualification for the Olympic Season and currently remains unfunded on the lead up to the Games and receives no help from UK Sport.

PBs

1500m - 2.23.279 - Salt Lake City - 12/11/16

1000m - 1.30.007 - Nagoya - 29/10/21

500m - 43.104 - Dordrecht - 27/11/21

Career

Thomson was born in Irvine,[1] Scotland, and raised in Kilmarnock.[2] In 2009, she competed at the "Future Champions Trophy" in Amsterdam, Netherlands. At the time, she was training on ice twice a week.[3] Thomson moved to Nottingham, England in 2012, in order to become a full-time athlete.[2][4] She is based at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham.[5] Thompson 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.[6] At the start of the 2016–17 season, Thomson set her personal best in a World Cup event in Calgary, Canada.[4]

Thomson qualified to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics in the 500, 1000 and 1500 metres events.[7] Thomson finished fourth in her 1500 metres heat, and did not qualify for the final.[8] She finished third in her 500 metres heat, and did not qualify for the quarter final,[9] and fourth in her 1,000 metres heat, again not qualifying for the quarter final.[10] 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.[11]

References
  1. "Kathryn Thomson". teamgb.com. Team GB. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  2. "Kathryn Thomson". gbshorttrack.org. GB Short Track. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  3. Fullerton, Clair (27 March 2009). "Speed skating: Kathryn Thomson competes in Holland". Daily Record. Glasgow. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  4. Egelstaff, Susan (9 December 2016). "Speed skating: Kathryn Thomson keen to crash Olympic party". The National. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  5. Talbot-Smith, Charlie (16 February 2013). "Kathryn Thomson relishing speed skater medal battle". The Scotsman. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  6. Talbot-Smith, Charlie (19 February 2013). "Speed skating: Kathryn Thomson hits new heights with silver in Romania". The Scotsman. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  7. "Five short track speed skaters selected for PyeongChang 2018". Team GB. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  8. "Elise Christie wins 1,500m short-track speed skating heat and Charlotte Gilmartin qualifies". Sky Sports. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  9. Heats results
  10. Heats results
  11. "CHRISTIE PRAISES TEAMMATES AS BRITISH QUARTET WIN MIXED RELAY BRONZE". Team GB. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
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