Katie Reid
Sprint - Podium Potential
The 2018 season started well for Katie, winning bronze at World Cup 2 in Duisburg. She continued the year with consistently good results finishing 8th in the C1 200m at the European Championships in Belgrade. Katie also competed at the World Championships at Montemor O Velho in 2018, finishing 12th in the C1 500m and 16th in the C1 200m.
Katie joined the UK Sport funded Podium Potential Programme after completing a successful fast-track Girls4Gold training programme. Just over a year into the Girls4Gold training programme, Katie was selected to compete in the U23 World Championships in Portugal where she finished 10th in the Women's C1 200m. She has continued to progress and at the 2017 U23 World Championships finished 7th. In 2016 she won her first World Cup series medal in Duisburg taking bronze.
Katie was an accomplished Scottish karate champion before transitioning to Canoeing. Having been selected for the Girls4Gold programme in 2014, Katie is now living in Nottingham and training full time with the long term aim of selection for Tokyo 2020.