Karen Lee
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Karen Barbara Lee |
| National team |
 Great Britain |
| Born |
1 January 1983 Bristol, England |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb; 10.1 st) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Backstroke |
| College team | Loughborough University[1] |
| Coach | Ben Titley[1] |
Karen Barbara Lee (born 1 January 1983) is an English former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympics and European championships. She specialized in backstroke events.[2] She finished sixth in the 200-metre backstroke (2.10.27) at the 2002 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Riesa, Germany.[3] She was also a member of Team GB starting in 1998, and a varsity swimmer for the Loughborough University team, under head coach Ben Titley.[1][4]
Lee qualified for the women's 200-metre backstroke, as a member of Team GB, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She finished second behind Katy Sexton (2:11.48) at the British Olympic Trials by 0.38 of a second, in a FINA A-standard of 2:11.86.[5][6] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat four, including Germany's Antje Buschschulte and Russia's Stanislava Komarova, both of whom were top medal favorites. She faded to seventh place by a 5.39-second margin behind winner Komarova in 2:16.10. Lee missed the semifinals by nearly one second, as she placed twentieth overall in the preliminaries.[7][8]
References
- 1 2 3 "Loughborough swimmers to help tsunami aid effort". Loughborough University. 5 January 2005. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ↑ "Karen Lee". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ↑ "Rupprath, Klochkova Win Third Gold as Euro Short Course Champs Wind Up". Swimming World Magazine. 16 December 2002. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ↑ "British Squad for European Short Course Champs is Mix of Old and Young". Swimming World Magazine. 28 September 2005. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 4)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
- ↑ Hopps, David (12 April 2004). "Mew paddles to Athens". Sheffield: The Guardian. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ↑ "Women's 200m Backstroke Heat 4". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ Thomas, Stephen (19 August 2004). "Women's 200 Backstroke, Day 6 Prelims: Top Seeds Komarova and Nakamura Qualify Fastest". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 1 May 2013.