Katherine (Kat) Copeland

Kat raced in the lightweight women's double scull at the 2010 World Rowing U23 Championships in Brest, Belarus finishing 6th.

She raced in the lightweight single at the 2009 World U23 Championships, where she narrowly missed out on a medal, finishing 4th.   She also competed at the Australian Youth Olympic festival earlier that same year, where she won gold in the quad, bronze in the lightweight double and finished 4th in the eight.

Kat was 14 when she first learnt to row at Yarm School which has produced a number of GB juniors in the past few years.  At the Coupe de la Jeunesse she won a gold in the women’s quad in 2007 and a gold in the women’s single in 2008.

Outside rowing Kat enjoys watching films, socialising with friends and listening to music.  She is also doing some work this year with the "Three Wings Trust", running an after-school art group for autistic children.