Karen Darke, Date of Birth
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Paralympic cyclist
Date of Birth: 25-Jun-1971
Profession: sport cyclist
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Karen Darke
- Karen Darke, , FRSGS (born 25 June 1971, in Halifax, Yorkshire) is a British paralympic cyclist, paratriathlete, adventurer and author.
- She competed at the 2012 London Paralympics winning a silver medal in the Women's road time trial H1-2.Darke is paralysed from the chest down following an accident, aged 21, whilst sea cliff climbing.
- In 2006, she took part in an expedition which crossed Greenland's ice cap whilst sitting on skis using her arms and poles to cover the 372-mile crossing.
- She has also climbed Mont Blanc, Matterhorn and El Capitan and hand-cycled, skied and swam the length of Japan.
- In 2009, she was a bronze medal winner in the Para-Cycling World Cup after which, in 2010, she became a member of the British Para-Cycling team.
- She has won two silver medals in the women's H2 road race and time trial events at the 2011 Para-Cycling World Cup whick took place in Sydney.At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, on 5 September 2012, she won a silver medal in the Women's road time trial H1–2 finishing second to Marianna Davis in a time of 33:16.09.
- In the Women's road race H1-3 competition, on 7 September 2012, Darke finished fourth.
- After crossing the finishing line holding hands with team mate Rachel Morris, both in a time of 1:43:08, Morris was awarded the bronze medal.In October 2012, she competed in her first ITU Paratriathlon World Championships.
- She won the gold medal in her TRI-1 classification.In 2014 Darke took a silver medal in the UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships in South Carolina in the H3 time-trial, following it up with a bronze in the H3 road race.On 14 September 2016 Darke won the gold medal in the Women's time trial H1-3 at the Rio Paralympics in a time of 33:44:93.Darke was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to sport.
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