Whilst at school she was a member of the running club, New Marske Harriers and swimming club, Saltburn and Marske, and played netball at a county level for Cleveland.[2] Livingston trains at the University of Bath, where she completed a degree in Coach Education and Sports Development.[1] She is a supporter of Sheffield Wednesday football club, and says that her earliest memory of major sporting event is going with her father to watch one of their matches.[2]
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Between 2003 and 2005 Livingston competed at three World Junior Championships, winning team gold medals in 2003, in Athens, and 2005, in Moscow and relay silver medals in 2003 and 2004. She also won team silver at the 2004 European Junior Championships.[3]
In May 2007 she won a silver at the Moscow senior World Cup event. In June at the European Championships in Riga she finished 6th in the individual event, qualifying her for the 2008 Olympics. She also won a silver medal in the team event, with Georgina Harland and Mhairi Spence, and gold in the team relay event, with Harland and Heather Fell. These performances led to her being named the British Olympic Association’s modern pentathlon Olympic athlete of the year for 2007.[1] However at the 2007 World Championships, in Berlin, she twice fell from her horse in the equestrian discipline, dropping from first to last place overall.[4]
In 2008, she won a gold medal in February's World Cup event in Cairo and went to the World Championships, held in June in Budapest, winning the individual bronze medal.[5]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, Livingston finished 7th overall in the women's individual event.[6] In the first discipline, the air pistol shooting, she scored 178 out of a possible 200, this corresponded to 1072 points and 17th place.[7] Results of 808 points in the fencing,[8] 1282 points in the freestyle swimming,[9] and 1172 points in the equestrian followed,[10] leaving her in 9th position heading into the 3000 m run. Livingston completed the run in 10 minutes 29.47, a time worth 1204 points,[11] giving her a final total of 5548 points.[6]
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In December 2011, Livingstone was one of 12 British female sporting celebrities who posed for Clara Maidment a charity calendar in aid of Wellbeing of Women, in the lingerie of Nichole de Carle, wearing jewellery by Salima Hughes and Coster Diamonds.[citation needed]
katy, livingston, born, january, 1984, guisborough, england, british, modern, pentathlete, competed, olympic, games, medal, recordwomen, modern, pentathlonrepresenting, great, britainworld, championships2007, berlin, relay2006, guatemala, team2006, guatemala, . Katy Livingston born 10 January 1984 in Guisborough England is a British modern pentathlete who has competed at the Olympic Games 1 Katy Livingston Medal recordWomen s modern pentathlonRepresenting Great BritainWorld Championships2007 Berlin Relay2006 Guatemala Team2006 Guatemala Relay2008 Budapest Team2008 Budapest Relay2008 Budapest Individual2012 Rome RelayWorld Cup2008 Cairo Individual2007 Moscow IndividualEuropean Championships2007 Riga Relay2007 Riga Team2010 Budapest Team Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Other work 4 See also 5 Notes 6 External linksEarly life editWhilst at school she was a member of the running club New Marske Harriers and swimming club Saltburn and Marske and played netball at a county level for Cleveland 2 Livingston trains at the University of Bath where she completed a degree in Coach Education and Sports Development 1 She is a supporter of Sheffield Wednesday football club and says that her earliest memory of major sporting event is going with her father to watch one of their matches 2 Career editBetween 2003 and 2005 Livingston competed at three World Junior Championships winning team gold medals in 2003 in Athens and 2005 in Moscow and relay silver medals in 2003 and 2004 She also won team silver at the 2004 European Junior Championships 3 In May 2007 she won a silver at the Moscow senior World Cup event In June at the European Championships in Riga she finished 6th in the individual event qualifying her for the 2008 Olympics She also won a silver medal in the team event with Georgina Harland and Mhairi Spence and gold in the team relay event with Harland and Heather Fell These performances led to her being named the British Olympic Association s modern pentathlon Olympic athlete of the year for 2007 1 However at the 2007 World Championships in Berlin she twice fell from her horse in the equestrian discipline dropping from first to last place overall 4 In 2008 she won a gold medal in February s World Cup event in Cairo and went to the World Championships held in June in Budapest winning the individual bronze medal 5 At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Livingston finished 7th overall in the women s individual event 6 In the first discipline the air pistol shooting she scored 178 out of a possible 200 this corresponded to 1072 points and 17th place 7 Results of 808 points in the fencing 8 1282 points in the freestyle swimming 9 and 1172 points in the equestrian followed 10 leaving her in 9th position heading into the 3000 m run Livingston completed the run in 10 minutes 29 47 a time worth 1204 points 11 giving her a final total of 5548 points 6 Other work editIn December 2011 Livingstone was one of 12 British female sporting celebrities who posed for Clara Maidment a charity calendar in aid of Wellbeing of Women in the lingerie of Nichole de Carle wearing jewellery by Salima Hughes and Coster Diamonds citation needed See also editModern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics Great Britain at the 2008 Summer OlympicsNotes edit a b c Team GB gt Beijing 2008 gt Athlete profile gt Katy Livingston Website of the BOA Archived from the original on 2010 02 26 Retrieved 2008 09 20 a b Davies Gareth A 2008 09 17 My Sport Katy Livingston London The Daily Telegraph Archived from the original on 2008 08 24 Retrieved 2008 09 20 Athlete Biography University of Bath website Archived from the original on 2007 04 21 Retrieved 2008 09 20 Middleton Claire 2008 08 20 Katy Livingston and Heather Fell hope to avoid rodeo rides in modern pentathlon London The Daily Telegraph Archived from the original on 2008 08 22 Retrieved 2008 09 20 Brits to watch Katy Livingston BBC Sport 2008 08 04 Retrieved 2008 09 20 a b Schoneborn pips GB s Fell to gold BBC Sport 2008 08 22 Retrieved 2008 09 20 Results Women s Shooting 10m Air Pistol The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Archived from the original on 2008 10 04 Retrieved 2008 09 20 Results Women s Fencing Epee One Touch The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Archived from the original on 2008 10 22 Retrieved 2008 09 20 Results Women s Swimming 200m Freestyle The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Archived from the original on 2008 11 12 Retrieved 2008 09 20 Results Women s Riding Show Jumping The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Archived from the original on 2008 11 12 Retrieved 2008 09 20 Results Women s Running 3000m The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Archived from the original on 2008 10 26 Retrieved 2008 09 20 External links editKaty Livingston at UIPM nbsp Information on scoring Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Katy Livingston amp oldid 1156796321, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
