Karen Legg
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Full name | Karen Legg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1978-06-03) 3 June 1978 (age 46) Poole, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 59 kg (130 lb; 9.3 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Ferndown Otters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Karen Legg (born 3 June 1978), also known by her married name Karen Crumpler, is an English former freestyle swimmer.
Swimming career
She competed for Great Britain in the Olympics, FINA world championships and European championships, and swam for England in the Commonwealth Games. During her seven-year international career (1998–2005),[1] she won four world, two European and seven Commonwealth medals. Legg also competed for Great Britain in the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney in the women's 4×200-metre freestyle relay.
She represented England and won two silver medals in the relay events, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[2][3] Four years later she won five more medals, three in the relay events (including a gold medal) and two in the individual events.[4]
She won the 2001 British Championship in the 200 metres freestyle and the 400 metres freestyle.
See also
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)
- World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
References
- "Former Swimmer Profiles: Karen Legg". British Swimming. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
- "Athletes > Karen Legg". British Olympic Association. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
- "Karen Legg Biography and Olympic Results". SportsReference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2009.
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- 1986: Manuela Stellmach, Astrid Strauss, Nadja Bergknecht, Heike Friedrich (GDR)
- 1991: Kerstin Kielgass, Manuela Stellmach, Dagmar Hase, Stephanie Ortwig (GER)
- 1994: Le Ying, Yang Aihua, Zhou Guanbin, Lü Bin (CHN)
- 1998: Franziska van Almsick, Dagmar Hase, Silvia Szalai, Kerstin Kielgass (GER)
- 2001: Nicola Jackson, Janine Belton, Karen Legg, Karen Pickering (GBR)
- 2003: Lindsay Benko, Rachel Komisarz, Rhi Jeffrey, Diana Munz (USA)
- 2005: Natalie Coughlin, Katie Hoff, Whitney Myers, Kaitlin Sandeno (USA)
- 2007: Natalie Coughlin, Dana Vollmer, Lacey Nymeyer, Katie Hoff (USA)
- 2009: Yang Yu, Zhu Qianwei, Liu Jing, Pang Jiaying (CHN)
- 2011: Missy Franklin, Dagny Knutson, Katie Hoff, Allison Schmitt (USA)
- 2013: Katie Ledecky, Shannon Vreeland, Karlee Bispo, Missy Franklin (USA)
- 2015: Missy Franklin, Leah Smith, Katie McLaughlin, Katie Ledecky (USA)
- 2017: Leah Smith, Mallory Comerford, Melanie Margalis, Katie Ledecky (USA)
- 2019: Ariarne Titmus, Madison Wilson, Brianna Throssell, Emma McKeon (AUS)
- 2022: Claire Weinstein, Leah Smith, Katie Ledecky, Bella Sims (USA)
- 2023: Mollie O'Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Brianna Throssell, Ariarne Titmus (AUS)
- 2024: Ai Yanhan, Gong Zhenqi, Li Bingjie, Yang Peiqi (CHN)
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