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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), she won four world, two European and seven Commonwealth medals. Legg also competed for Great Britain in the
2000 Summer Olympic Games The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...
in Sydney in the women's 4×200-metre freestyle relay. She represented
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and won two silver medals in the relay events, at the
1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by several unprecedent ...
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, Malaysia. Four years later she won five more medals, three in the relay events (including a gold medal) and two in the individual events. She won the 2001 British Championship in the 200 metres freestyle and the 400 metres freestyle.


See also

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List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women) This is a list of women's Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming from 1930 to 2022. Current program 50 metre freestyle 100 metre freestyle 200 metre freestyle 400 metre freestyle 800 metre freestyle 50 metre backstroke 100 metre ...
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World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...


References

* * * 1978 births Living people English female swimmers English female freestyle swimmers Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Sportspeople from Poole Swimmers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games {{UK-swimming-bio-stub