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Catherine Taylor (orienteer)

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Catherine Taylor
Personal information
Born (1989-08-11) 11 August 1989 (age 35)
Sport
SportOrienteering
Club
  • OK Linne
Medal record
Women's orienteering
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Palmela Long

Catherine Taylor or Cat Taylor (born 11 August 1989) is a British orienteer.[1]

She made her international breakthrough by winning a bronze medal in the long distance at the 2014 European Orienteering Championships in Palmela. The next year at the 2015 World Orienteering Championships in Inverness, Scotland, she placed sixth in the long distance.[2]

Taylor also won the 2012 British sprint Championships at University of York[3] and has won the overall JK Title twice.[4]

She was a student at the University of Edinburgh from 2011 to 2012,[5] and competed for EUOC.

References

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  1. ^ "Catherine Taylor". IOF Eventor. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  2. ^ "WOC Long Distance, British Orienteering [07/08/2015] >> Women (9720 m)". WinSplits Online. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  3. ^ "British Orienteering". www.britishorienteering.org.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  4. ^ "British Orienteering". www.britishorienteering.org.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Orienteering Orienteering – University of Stirling - Winning Students". www.winningstudents-scotland.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
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