Katharine Joanna Staples (born 2 November 1965) is a British female former pole vaulter.[1] In 1992, she became the first British woman to vault over three metres.[2]
She is also known for her role as Zodiac in the ITV series Gladiators, from 1993 to 1996.[7] She had a daughter, Gabriella, with fellow Gladiators performer Mark Griffin.
She later married Chris Sheasby, an England rugby union international, and the couple had two children, but separated in 2011 and divorced in 2016.[8]
In 2025, Staples was awarded an MBE for "services to the promotion of Sport and Fitness".[9]
