Karen Cockburn
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| Bronze medal | 2000 Sydney | Trampoline Women's competition |
| Silver medal | 2004 Athens | Trampoline Women's competition |
Karen Cockburn (born October 2, 1980 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian trampoline gymnast. She began trampolining at age 12, and is a student at York University. She won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the individual event. She won a gold medal at the 2003 world championships in Hannover, Germany in the same event and a bronze in the team event. At the 2004 Summer Olympics she won a silver medal in the individual event. In the December 2004 Trampoline World Cup Championship, held in Algiers, she finished in 5th place in the individual competition and 4th in the synchronized competition with her partner Heather Ross-McManus.
After winning the Canadian National Trampoline Championships seven years in a row, Cockburn made an error in her second routine (of three) and came in 6th place in the 2005 finals on June 1, 2005. Later in June she competed in the Trampoline World Cup and came in 3rd in the individual competition and won gold in synchronized trampoline with her partner Rosannagh MacLennan. In September 2005 at the Trampoline World Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands, The pair came 2nd in synchronized trampoline and Cockburn came 6th in the individual event.
Her last name is pronounced "Coburn".
| Canadian medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics | Image:Canadaolympiclogo.JPG | ||
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| Gold: Kyle Shewfelt, men's floor exercise gymnastics; Lori-Ann Muenzer, women's 200 m track cycling sprint; Adam van Koeverden, men's K1 500 m kayak; Chantal Petitclerc, women's 800 m wheelchair (demonstration event) | |||
| Silver: Karen Cockburn, women's trampoline gymnastics; Cameron Baerg, Jake Wetzel, Thomas Herschmiller and Barney Williams, men's four rowing team; Tonya Verbeek, women's 55 kg freestyle wrestling; Alexandre Despatie, 3 m springboard diving; Marie-Hélène Prémont, women's cross country mountain bike; Ross MacDonald and Mike Wolfs, Star class sailing regatta | |||
| Bronze: Blythe Hartley and Émilie Heymans, women's synchronized 10 m platform diving; Adam van Koeverden, men's K1 1000 m kayak; Caroline Brunet, K1 500 m kayak | |||
