birth_place article_title birth_date
dunchurch , warwickshire katharine merry
 21 september 1974
katharine merry

katharine merry -lrb- born 21 september 1974 in dunchurch , warwickshire -rrb- is a former english female sprinter .
a member of the birchfield harriers athletics club , merry won a bronze medal in the 400 m sprint at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney and was the fastest woman in the world over 400 m in 2001 .
she also represented great britain at the 1996 atlanta olympics and the 1999 world championships in athletics .
