Karen Legg

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Karen Legg
Personal information
Full nameKaren Legg
National team Great Britain
Born (1978-06-03) 3 June 1978 (age 43)
Poole, England
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb; 9.3 st)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubFerndown Otters

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),[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[]

  • "Former Swimmer Profiles: Karen Legg". British Swimming. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
  • "Athletes > Karen Legg". British Olympic Association. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
  • "Karen Legg Biography and Olympic Results". SportsReference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2009.
  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.
  4. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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