21 Facts About Katja Dedekind

Katja Dedekind was born on 17 August 2001 and is an Australian Paralympic vision-impaired swimmer and goalball player.

Katja Dedekind won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games and two bronze medals at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games.

In March 2018, Katja Dedekind had the honour of being a Queen's Baton Relay runner as one of 3500 Australians for the XXI Commonwealth Games.

Katja Dedekind was awarded a Sporting Full Blue at Grffith University whilst studying a Bachelor of Communications.

Katja Dedekind's motto is "If it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you".

Katja Dedekind took up goalball in 2012 after attending a 'come and try' day.

Katja Dedekind took up swimming at an early age with her twin brother, but did not start competing until 2012.

Katja Dedekind is a member of the UQ Swim Club and was coached by David Heyden.

In 2016, Katja Dedekind was selected to represent Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games.

Katja Dedekind competed in four events and achieved one podium finish.

Katja Dedekind won a bronze medal in the women's 100 m backstroke S13.

Katja Dedekind competed at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London in four events but did not medal.

Katja Dedekind is a member of the Australian Dolphins swim team.

Katja Dedekind was coached by Nathan Doyle while preparing for the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

At the games, Katja Dedekind won a bronze medal in the Women's 100 m backstroke S13 with a time of 1:06.49, after achieving a personal best time of 1:07.38 in the Heats.

Katja Dedekind won a bronze medal competing in the Women's 400 m freestyle S13.

Katja Dedekind competed in the 50 m freestyle S13 where she qualified for the finals but could only manage fourth in the final.

At the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships, Madeira, Katja Dedekind won three medals - gold in the Women's 50 m Freestyle S13 and silver in the Women's 100 m Backstroke S13 and Women's 400 m Freestyle S13.

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Katja Dedekind won the gold medal in Women's 50 m freestyle S13 in a world record time.

At the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships, Manchester, England, Katja Dedekind won three medals - gold, silver and bronze medal.

About June 2022, Katja Dedekind changed clubs from SC Spartans with coach Nathan Doyle to the Yeronga Park Swim Club with coaches Robert van der Zant and Kate Sparkes.