Kat Lewis

Katrina Cecchini
(Katrina Lewis)

Personal information
Nationality	Australia
Born	17 June 1988 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Medal record Swimming Paralympic Games 2004 Athens Women's 4x100 m Freestyle 34 pts 2008 Beijing Women's 50 m Freestyle S10 IPC Swimming World Championships 2002 Mar Del Plata Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay 34pts 2002 Mar Del Plata Women's 400 m Freestyle S10 2002 Mar Del Plata Women's 100 m Freestyle S10

Katrina Cecchini (Katrina Lewis) (born 17 June 1988) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. She was born in Canberra with mild cerebral palsy due to being born ten weeks premature. She started swimming at the suggestion of a neighbour. She attended St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra, graduating in 2006.

Her philosophy is "You may be classed as disabled but never take the 'dis' out of disabled, take the 'able' and you will get where you want to be."

Career

At the 2002 IPC Swimming World Championships in Mar Del Plata, Argentina, she won a silver and bronze medal. She competed in five events and won a bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Games in the Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle 34 pts event. She won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Games in the Women's 50 m Freestyle S10 event. She had an Australian Institute of Sport paralympic swimming scholarship.

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, she finished fifth in both the Women's 50 m Freestyle and 100 m Freestyle events.

Recognition

• Dawn Fraser Junior Female Award for 2001 and 2004
• 2001 Margaret Whitfield Award
• Clubs ACT Sport Star Award for 2002, 2003 and 2005