Kat Hawkins
Born
Kathleen Hawkins
Alma materUniversity of Leeds
OccupationTelevision presenter
TelevisionClick
Websitewww.amputeekat.com

Kat Hawkins (born Kathleen Hawkins in December 1988, in Retford, Nottinghamshire) is a presenter, producer,[1] and reporter. They worked on the BBC's technology programme Click, broadcast on the BBC World News and the BBC News Channel in the United Kingdom.[2] After leaving university in 2012,[3] they gained a place on the BBC's Journalism Trainee Scheme in 2013.[4]

Both of Hawkins' legs were amputated below the knee in 2006 as a result of meningitis.[5][6][7]

In addition to her TV work, they played sitting volleyball for Team GB,[8] is a dancer,[9] and has been studying yoga[10] since 2013.[11]

They also presented the program "People Fixing the World' on the BBC World Service radio.[12]

References

  1. ↑ creativesgo. "Kathleen Hawkins – Reporter & Producer". www.creativesgo.com. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "Kat Hawkins". Databricks. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Kathleen Hawkins". www.meningitis.org. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "Ouch: Disability Talk – Kathleen Hawkins – BBC Radio". BBC. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  5. ↑ Hastings, Christobel (20 January 2020). "Body positivity: what losing my legs taught me about confidence". Stylist. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Trying out 3D printed legs". BBC News. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "Kathleen Hawkins | Meningitis Research Foundation". www.meningitis.org. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "KAT HAWKINS". KAT HAWKINS. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "Growth". yoocan. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  10. ↑ Miranda Larbi for Metro. co.uk (15 February 2017). "This amputee yogi is challenging the way we look at limb loss". Metro. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  11. ↑ "This Amputee Yogi Can Teach Us All A Lot About Body Positivity". HuffPost UK. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  12. ↑ "BBC World Service – People Fixing The World, Smart Boats That Sail on a Bed of Bubbles". BBC. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
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