Karen Lee (swimmer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Karen Lee (swimmer)

British swimmer, Olympic athlete

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1983

Place of Birth: Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Karen Barbara Lee (born 1 January 1983) is an English former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympics and European championships.
She specialized in backstroke events.
She finished sixth in the 200-metre backstroke (2.10.27) at the 2002 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Riesa, Germany.
She was also a member of Team GB starting in 1998, and a varsity swimmer for the Loughborough University team, under head coach Ben Titley.Lee qualified for the women's 200-metre backstroke, as a member of Team GB, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
She finished second behind Katy Sexton (2:11.48) at the British Olympic Trials by 0.38 of a second, in a FINA A-standard of 2:11.86.
She challenged seven other swimmers in heat four, including Germany's Antje Buschschulte and Russia's Stanislava Komarova, both of whom were top medal favorites.
She faded to seventh place by a 5.39-second margin behind winner Komarova in 2:16.10.
Lee missed the semifinals by nearly one second, as she placed twentieth overall in the preliminaries.