Kate Anderson-Richardson

Kate Suzanne Richardson (née Anderson; born 5 November 1973 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian athlete, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in the women's 5000 metres making the Semi Finals. Richardson (née Anderson) was a finalist in the 1997 World Championship 5000m (Athens, Greece), and also represented Australia in the 1999 World Championships (Seville, Spain) plus numerous World Cross-Country Championships.^[1]

Kate Anderson-Richardson

Personal information
Born	(1973-11-05) 5 November 1973 (age 51)
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Women's 5000m, 10000m
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing  Australia 1998 Kuala Lumpur 5000 m

In November 1999 she married fellow runner Jason A. Richardson. She is a two-time national champion in the women's 5000 metres and former Australian record holder over 1500m (breaking Jenny Orr's 20+ year record) and 5000m.

Richardson won a gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, in the 5000m event, after suffering a severe kidney infection which had led her to be bedridden less than a year earlier.^[2]