Karin Larsen (born September 25, 1963 in
New Westminster,
British Columbia)
is a Canadian broadcaster and Olympic synchronised swimmer. She is currently a news and sports reporter for the
Vancouver, British Columbia edition of the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's evening news,
CBC News at Six, for which she won a
Leo Award in 1999. She competed in the
1988 Summer Olympics
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in
synchronised swimming, was inducted into the
BC Swimming Hall of Fame in 2001, and is the sister of Olympic silver medallist
Christine Larsen
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Biography
Karin Larsen was born in 1963 in New Westminster, British Columbia, grew up in nearby
Coquitlam, British Columbia, and later earned a
Communications Degree from
Simon Fraser University.
Larsen, along with her younger sister Christine, distinguished herself as an elite amateur athlete in the field of synchronised swimming, winning a
World Championship in team synchronised swimming in
Madrid, Spain, in 1986 and competing in the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Larsen's career in the media began in 1988 as a sports researcher for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and since she began working as a sportscaster, she has been an announcer for six Olympic Games and four Paralympic Games, notably broadcasting the play-by-play for her own sister's silver medal performance in the
1996 Summer Olympics
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Atlanta, Georgia.
Larsen also announced for
synchronised swimming for
CBC Sports
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at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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Beijing, China
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Larsen is currently (as of January, 2020) a news and sports reporter for CBC Vancouver's evening news.
Awards and recognition
* World Champion - 1986 - Synchronised Swimming
* Leo Award - 1999 - Best Sportscaster in Vancouver
* British Columbia Swimming Hall of Fame - 2001 - Inductee
* Coquitlam Sports Hall of Fame — 2019 Inductees
References
1963 births
Canadian television sportscasters
Living people
People from New Westminster
Canadian women television journalists
Olympic synchronized swimmers for Canada
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