Karen Legg

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Karen Legg
Personal information
Full nameKaren Legg
National teamFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Born (1978-06-03) 3 June 1978 (age 46)
Poole, England
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb; 9.3 st)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
ClubFerndown Otters
Medal record
Event1st2nd3rd
World Championships (LC) 100
World Championships (SC) 111
European Championships (SC) 002
Commonwealth Games 142
Total355
Women's swimming
Representing Great Britain
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2001 Fukuoka 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Athens 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2000 Athens 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1999 Hong Kong 4×200 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Sheffield 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2000 Valencia 200 m freestyle
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Manchester 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1998 Kuala Lumpur 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1998 Kuala Lumpur 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Manchester 200 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Manchester 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Manchester 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Manchester 4×200 m medley

Karen Legg (born 3 June 1978), also known by her married name Karen Crumpler, is an English former freestyle swimmer.

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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

References

  1. "Legg to quit top-class swimming". BBC Sport. 14 March 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
  2. "1998 Athletes". Team England.
  3. "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  4. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2020.