Kat Hawkins

Kat Hawkins (born December 1988, Kathleen Hawkins in Retford, Nottinghamshire) is a presenter, producer[1] , and reporter. She works 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] she gained a place on the BBC's Journalism Trainee Scheme in 2013[4]

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

Both her legs were amputated below the knee in 2006 as a result of meningitis.[5]

In addition to her TV work she plays Sitting volleyball for Team GB,[6] is a dancer,[7] and has been studying yoga[8] since 2013.[9]

She has also presented the program "People Fixing the World' on the BBC World Service radio.[10]

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. "KAT HAWKINS". KAT HAWKINS. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  7. "Growth". yoocan. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  8. 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.
  9. "This Amputee Yogi Can Teach Us All A Lot About Body Positivity". HuffPost UK. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  10. "BBC World Service – People Fixing The World, Smart Boats That Sail on a Bed of Bubbles". BBC. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
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