Katja Roose

Katja Roose (born 27 March 1981) is a Dutch female professional kite surfer.

[1] She fully focused on the competition circuit and within three tour events she claimed a top five ranking, which she kept until the end of the 2005 season.

[1] She had always liked to combine speed, tactics and upwind skills, but the opportunity to overtake opponents and to aim to keep them behind got her really excited.

[1] In 2012, she won her first World title at the slalom discipline, finishing in front of Caroline Adrien and Kristin Boese.

[3] In 2013 Roose was on Pingtan Island in China where record breaking prize money and free accommodation had brought in 120 international competitors for the KTA final including local poster girl Chen Jingyue.