Kathy Bald
Katherine Ann Bald (born December 19, 1963) is a former competitive freestyle swimmer from Canada. She was affiliated with the University of Toronto.
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| Full name | Katherine Ann Bald | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Kathy" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 19, 1963 Etobicoke, Ontario | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Toronto | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bald competed for her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There she finished in sixth position in the women's 4x100-metre freestyle relay, with her teammates Patricia Noall, Andrea Nugent and Jane Kerr.
Bald won a gold medal in the 100-metre breaststroke and a silver in the 200-metre breaststroke at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia. At the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela, she won a gold medal in the 200-metre breaststroke, silver medals in the 100-metre breaststroke and 4x100-metre freestyle relay, and a bronze in the 100-metre freestyle.