Facts: - sport: modern pentathlon - residence: stratford , prince edward island - weight: 58 kg lb 0 on - headercolor: lightblue - height: 1.66 0 on - medaltemplates: women 's modern pentathlon - birth date: 9 january 1979 - name: kara grant - club: peps de l'universite laval club estoc - birth place: charlottetown , prince edward island Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of kara grant .
kara grant -lrb- born january 9 , 1979 -rrb- is a two-time olympic modern pentathlete from canada .she is one of the first female canadian modern pentathletes , along with monica pinette , to compete at the 2004 summer olympics in athens , greece .born and raised in charlottetown , prince edward island , grant started out her sporting career in modern pentathlon at the age of sixteen .although she joined in a local fencing club , grant was intrigued by the challenge and variety of five different sporting disciplines -lrb- shooting , fencing , swimming , horse-riding , and running -rrb- , which ultimately made her decision to try and accomplish the sport .in 1999 , grant received a qualifying berth for the pan american games in winnipeg , manitoba , where she took home the bronze medal for her national team .following her well-accomplished result , she spent five years of training and competition before was able to breakthrough into the international scene in 2002 , when she added her first individual bronze medal at the pan american championships in rio de janeiro , brazil .she also graduated from the university of prince edward island with a bachelor of science degree in 2002 grant qualified for the 2004 summer olympics in athens , as one of the first female canadian modern-pentathletes , and competed in the women 's event , where she finished only in twenty-second place .she also produced her first top-ten finish at the 2006 world modern pentathlon championships in guatemala city , guatemala , and nearly missed out the medal podium at the 2007 pan american games in rio de janeiro , finishing abruptly in fourth place .following her highest achievements in the international scene , grant competed at her second olympics in beijing in 2008 , and finished thirty-first in the women 's event .shortly after the olympics , grant retired from her sporting career , and worked as a motivational and public speaker .