Karen Cromie
British Paralympian
Intro | British Paralympian | |
Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | |
was | Rower | |
Work field | Sports | |
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Birth | 24 September 1979 | |
Death | 28 January 2011 (aged 31 years) |
Karen Elizabeth Cromie (24 September 1979 – 28 January 2011) was a Northern Irish rower, wheelchair basketball player and Paralympian. She competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, where she in came fifth in the Mixed Double Sculls, with James Roberts.
Cromie won silver at the 2005 and 2006 Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball World Cups with the National GB Team. In 2009, she transferred to the National Irish Team.
Her sister is a doctor in the United Kingdom, and her brother is a chiropractor in Norway.
Karen Cromie died, in unfortunate circumstances, on 28 January 2011.