Paris 2024 will be Roxon’s fifth Paralympics, the most by any Paralympic swimmer in Canadian history
Katarina Roxon of Team Canada competes in the women's 100m breastroke at Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games on Aug. 26, 2021 in Tokyo.A loquacious Newfoundlander whose chatter is punctuated by laughter, Roxon is 31, and the oldest member of the 22-person team. As of Aug. 29, she will compete in Paris at her fifth Paralympics , the most by any Paralympic swimmer in Canadian history.
She grew up in tiny Kippens, near Stephenville on the west coast of Newfoundland and was afraid of the water when she began to take swimming lessons at five. By 13, however, she was a member of Canada’s national para swimming program. In 2006, that same year, she competed in her first of seven world championships.
She says she found it difficult to get motivated until her best friend Sabrina Duchesne invited her to train with her in Quebec City. Duchesne, who will compete at the Paralympics for the third time, is a specialist at freestyle events.
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