Editing Kate Markgraf (section)

{{Short description|American soccer player and sports journalist (born 1976)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name                 = Kate Markgraf
| image                = Kate Markgraf.png
| image_size           = 240
| caption              = Markgraf in Ethiopia in July 2012
| fullname             = Kathryn Michele Markgraf<ref name="Team USA">{{cite web |url=https://www.teamusa.org/us-soccer/athletes/kathryn-markgraf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102221009/http://www.teamusa.org/us-soccer/athletes/Kathryn-Markgraf |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 2, 2016 |title=Kathryn Markgraf |work=[[United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee]] |access-date=December 22, 2021}}</ref>
| birth_name           = Kathryn Michele Sobrero<ref>{{cite web |url=http://soccertimes.com/usteams/roster/women/sobrero.htm |title=Kate Sobrero |website=SoccerTimes.com |access-date=July 29, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001011172428/http://soccertimes.com/usteams/roster/women/sobrero.htm |archive-date=October 11, 2000}}</ref>
| birth_date           = {{Birth date and age|1976|08|23|mf=y}}
| birth_place          = [[Pontiac, Michigan]], U.S.<ref name="Team USA"/>
| height               = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}
| position             = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| currentclub          = [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]] (general manager)
| youthyears1          = 1991–1994
| youthclubs1          = [[Detroit Country Day School]]
| collegeyears1        = 1994–1997
| college1             = [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer|Notre Dame Fighting Irish]]
| collegecaps1         = 97
| collegegoals1        = 7
| years1               = 2001–2003
| clubs1               = [[Boston Breakers (WUSA)|Boston Breakers]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.womensprosoccer.com/chicago/team/player-bios/markgraf-kate |title=Women's Professional Soccer – Chicago Red Stars |access-date=May 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812083509/http://www.womensprosoccer.com/chicago/team/player-bios/markgraf-kate |archive-date=August 12, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| caps1                = 51
| goals1               = 0
| years2               = 2005
| clubs2               = [[KIF Örebro DFF]]
| caps2                = 8
| goals2               = 1
| years3               = 2006–2009
| clubs3               = [[Michigan Hawks]]
| caps3                = 27
| goals3               = 1
| years4               = 2010
| clubs4               = [[Chicago Red Stars]]
| caps4                = 6
| goals4               = 0
| nationalyears1       = 1998–2010
| nationalteam1        = [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]]
| nationalcaps1        = 201
| nationalgoals1       = 1
| manageryears1        = 2009
| managerclubs1        = [[Marquette Golden Eagles]] (assistant)
| medaltemplates       = 
{{MedalSport | Women's [[association football|football (soccer)]] }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Football at the Summer Olympics#Women's results|Olympic Games]] }}
 {{MedalGold | [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team competition]]}}
 {{MedalGold | [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]] | [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team competition]]}}
 {{MedalSilver | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team competition]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIFA Women's World Cup]]}}
  {{MedalGold | [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup|1999 USA]] | [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup squads#.C2.A0United States|Team competition]]}}
  {{MedalBronze | [[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup|2003 USA]] | [[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup squads#United States|Team competition]]}}
  {{MedalBronze | [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup|2007 China]] | [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup squads#.C2.A0United States|Team competition]]}}
}}

'''Kathryn Michele Markgraf''' ({{nee|'''Sobrero'''}}; born August 23, 1976) is the former General Manager of the [[United States women's national soccer team]] and a retired [[Americans|American]] professional [[football (soccer)|soccer]] [[Defender (football)|defender]]. She previously played for the [[Chicago Red Stars]] in the [[Women's Professional Soccer|WPS]], the [[Boston Breakers (WUSA)|Boston Breakers]] in the [[Women's United Soccer Association|WUSA]], and the [[United States women's national soccer team]]. She was a three-time [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic medalist]] (2000, silver; 2004, gold; 2008, gold as team co-captain) and played in three [[FIFA Women's World Cup]] (1999, gold; 2003, bronze; 2007, bronze) tournaments. She started in 97% of her 201 United States Women's National Team appearances in her 12-year career. She ended her career with a high school championship, state club championship, [[NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship|NCAA Division I championship]], Olympic gold medals, and a FIFA World Cup Championship.

In 2023, she was inducted into the [[National Soccer Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Class of 2023 Inductees {{!}} National Soccer Hall of Fame |url=http://www.nationalsoccerhof.com/hall-of-famers/2023-hof-inductees.html |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=Class of 2023 Inductees {{!}} National Soccer Hall of Fame |language=en}}</ref>