Kate Foster (snowboarder)

{{short description|British snowboarder}}

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| nationality = British

| sport = Snowboarding

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|8|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Kate Foster (born 16 August 1985) is a British snowboarder.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-12985667 |title=British Championship glory for Painswick snowboarder |work=BBC News |accessdate=12 April 2020}} She has won the British half-pipe championship three times and she competed in the women's halfpipe event at the 2006 Winter Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/kate-foster-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041543/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/kate-foster-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Kate Foster Olympic Results |accessdate=12 April 2020}}

Life

Foster was born in Canada and her brother James Foster is also a successful snowboarder and coach.{{Cite web|title=FOSTER AND POTTER WIN BRITS BOARDERCROSS 2013|url=https://www.worldsnowboardguide.com/news/foster-and-potter-win-brits-boardercross-2013.html|access-date=2022-01-15|website=www.worldsnowboardguide.com|language=en}}

She competed in the women's halfpipe event at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

In 2011 she won the British Halfpipe Championship for the third time. She also gained a silver at snowboardcross at the same event.

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