Karen Bennett (born 5 February 1989) is a British rower who competed both the 2016 Summer Olympics and

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

Rowing career

Bennett's hometown is Edinburgh in Scotland. and she rows for the

Leander Club Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world, and the oldest non-academic club. It is based in Remenham in Berkshire, England and adjoins Henley-on-Thames. Only three other surviving clubs were founded prior t ...

. She was a member of the Scotland Team at the 2014

Commonwealth Rowing Championships The Commonwealth Rowing Championships are a regatta for rowers from Commonwealth nations held in conjunction with the Commonwealth Games. Rowing is classed as an 'optional' sport for the purposes of the Commonwealth Games, but is currently not in ...

. She was part of the British team that topped the medal table at the

2015 World Rowing Championships The 2015 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 30 August to 6 September 2015 at Lac d'Aiguebelette, Aiguebelette in France. Description The annual week-long rowing regatta was organized by FISA (the ...

Lac d'Aiguebelette Lac d'Aiguebelette is a natural lake in the commune of Aiguebelette-le-Lac, within the department of Savoie, France. Geography Description With a surface area of 5.45 km2 and a depth of 71 meters it is one of the largest natural lakes of F ...

in France, where she won a silver medal as part of the coxless four with Rebecca Chin,

Lucinda Gooderham Lucinda Elizabeth Gooderham (born 9 June 1984) is a former British rower. Rowing career Gooderham represented England at U23 level before teaching full-time. She made her senior British debut in 2013. After finishing in ninth place at both the ...

and

Holly Norton Holly Norton (born 1 January 1993) is a South African– British rower. Biography Born and raised in Harare, Zimbabwe, Holly's family moved to South Africa in 2003. It was at St Stithians Girl's College that she first took up rowing. She was ...

. She won a silver medal in the

women's eight An eight is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing (crew). It is designed for eight rowers, who propel the boat with sweep oars, and is steered by a coxswain, or "cox". Each of the eight rowers has one oar. The rowers, who sit ...

at the 2016 Olympic Games. In 2021, she won a European bronze medal in the coxless four in

Varese Varese ( , , or ; lmo, label= Varesino, Varés ; la, Baretium; archaic german: Väris) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 has reached 80,559. It is the c ...

, Italy.

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British Rowing British Rowing, formerly the Amateur Rowing Association (ARA), is the national governing body for the sport of rowing (both indoor and on-water rowing). It is responsible for the training and selection of individual rowers and crews representi ...

Karen Bennett wins GB Trials and made Glasgow 2018 rowing ambassador
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bennett, Karen 1989 births Living people sportspeople from Edinburgh British female rowers Scottish female rowers Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain Scottish Olympic medallists