Nickname
Kat (Twitter profile, 27 Oct 2019)
Previous names
Katherine Short
Occupation
Athlete
Family
Husband Gary Short
Spoken languages
English
Coach
Gary Short [husband]
Sporting relatives
Her husband Gary Short represented Great Britain in trampolining, and competed at the 2005 World Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands. (Facebook profile, 29 Oct 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 04 Oct 2018)
Injuries
After competing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, she missed five months of competition due to a back injury. (sunderlandecho.com, 14 Nov 2013)
Start sporting career
She took up the sport at age seven.
Reason for taking up the sport
"I started with it after taking lessons at the local leisure club during the school holidays. Trampolining was one of the sessions that took place and the coach was from a local club, who afterwards asked me to go along to one of his sessions. I went along one afternoon and it went from there really."
Trainings
She trains at Lilleshall National Sports Centre in England from Monday to Saturday. "I train in the gym in the morning for around two-and-a-half hours, going through cardio work and the supplementary gym work. I trampoline train at 16:00 every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, then do strength work on a Wednesday afternoon and a Saturday afternoon."
Awards
In 2012 she was named Outstanding Gymnast of the Year by British Gymnastics. (Facebook page, 14 Oct 2018)
Additional information
RETIREMENT RETHINK
In 2018 she revealed that she had been close to retiring from the sport in 2012. "I was going to retire after the London 2012 Olympics, but then I came close to making the final. So I was determined to make it to Rio [2016 Olympic Games] and two years later I'm still here." (bbc.co.uk, 21 Sep 2018)
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