Annabelle Mary Cripps (born 16 February 1968) Olympian (1984 & 1988) / Author: Rescue Me: A Powerful Memoir By An Olympian, represented

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at two consecutive

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, starting in 1984. At her 1984 Summer Games Olympic debut in

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, she placed sixth in the women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay, followed by finishing 14th in the women's 800-metre freestyle and then 15th in the 200-metre freestyle four years later at the

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in Seoul, South Korea. She represented

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and won two silver medals at the

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, in the 4×100 metres and the 4×200 metres freestyle relay. She is 14 times All-American honors swimmer at the

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participated on three consecutive

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. In 2006, Annabelle Cripps changed her name t
Katherine StarrKatherine
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Safe4Athletes
in 2012 a non-profit dedicated to addressing

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in sport. Published in the

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International Olympic Committee consensus statement: harassment and abuse (non-accidental violence) in sport
Katherine Starr is the author of the book published in 2022
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for the book Katherine is currently an Expert Witness for Athlete Sexual Abuse. Through her expertise, she has opined on over twenty cases with record-breaking settlements.

Swimming career

1984 Olympics

Cripps represented Great Britain at the

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where she finished 15th in the 200 m freestyle, 14th in the 800 m freestyle and then 6th as part of the British team in the 4×100 m freestyle relay.

1986 Commonwealth Games

She represented

and won two silver medals in the 4 x 100 metres and 4 x 200 metres freestyle relay, at the

1988 Olympics

Cripps once again represented Great Britain at the

where she finished 27th in the 50 m freestyle, 25th in the 100 m freestyle, 21st in the 100 m butterfly and then 10th as part of the British team in the 4×100 freestyle relay.

References

British Olympic Association athlete profile
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