Karen Lee Swimmer - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Jan 01, 1983 Bristol, England, United Kingdom 41 years old

British swimmer, Olympic athlete

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About Karen Lee Swimmer

  • 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.
  • She finished sixth in the 200-metre backstroke (2.10.27) at the 2002 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Riesa, Germany.
  • 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.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.
  • 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.

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