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{{shortShort description|British swimmer (born 1971)}}
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{{Infobox swimmer
| name=Karen Pickering <br /> <small>[[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]</small>
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{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships -– Long Course]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2001 World Aquatics Championships|2001 Fukuoka]] | 4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2001 World Aquatics Championships|2001 Fukuoka]] | 4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Championships - Short Course|World Championships -– Short Course]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1993 FINA Short Course World Championships|1993 Palma]] | 200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | [[1999 FINA Short Course World Championships|1999 Hong Kong]] | 4×100 m freestyle}}
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{{MedalBronze | [[1993 FINA Short Course World Championships|1993 Palma]] | 100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2000 FINA Short Course World Championships|2000 Athens]] | 4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[LEN European Aquatics Championships|European Championships -– Long Course]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1993 European Aquatics Championships|1993 Sheffield]] | 200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1993 European Aquatics Championships|1993 Sheffield]] | 4×200 m freestyle}}
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{{MedalBronze | [[1999 European Aquatics Championships|1999 Istanbul]] | 4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1999 European Aquatics Championships|1999 Istanbul]] | 4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[European Short Course Swimming Championships|European Championships -– Short Course]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2000|2000 Valencia]] | 200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver | [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2000|2000 Valencia]] | 4×50 m freestyle}}
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{{MedalSilver | [[1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]] | 200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]] | 4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]] | [[Swimming at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]] | 4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1990 Commonwealth Games|1990 Auckland]] | 4×100 m freestyle}}
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She made her international senior debut in 1986. She was first selected to represent her country at the European Junior Championships. Pickering competed in four consecutive [[Summer Olympics]], starting in [[Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]].
 
She won her first medal in 1993, at the inaugural [[1993 FINA Short Course World Championships]] in [[Palma de Mallorca]], where she won the gold medal in the 200&nbsp;m freestyle. With that performance Pickering became Britain's first [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]] world champion.<ref name=bbc>{{Cite web |title=Westlake beats the champion |publisher=BBC Sport |date=1 November 2004 |accessdateaccess-date=3 December 2018 |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/3965687.stm}}</ref>
 
She was a member of the British swimming squad from 1986 to 2005 and has a collection that includes 8 World Championship medals (4 gold), 14 European Championship medals, 38 National Championship titles, and a Commonwealth Games medal haul of 13 including 4 gold. The [[2002 Commonwealth Games]] saw Karen win three medals, two gold and one silver, in front of her home crowd, a career highlight which was crowned with the honour of carrying the English flag at the closing ceremony.
 
She is a two times winner of the [[British Swimming Championships -– 50 metres freestyle winners|British Championship]] in the 50 metres freestyle (1992 and 1993), seven times winner of the [[British Swimming Championships -– 100 metres freestyle winners|100 metres freestyle]] (1989-1993, 1997, 2000), nine times winner of the [[British Swimming Championships -– 200 metres freestyle winners|200 metres freestyle]] (1990, 1992-19951992–1995, 1997, 1999 and 2002-20032002–2003) and was the [[British Swimming Championships -– 400 metres freestyle winners|400 metres freestyle]] champion in 1992, 2002 and 2003.<ref>{{cite webnews|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0503321304/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=524a0249|title="For the Record." Times, 13 June 1992, p. 43|newspaper=The Times |date=13 June 1992 |page=43 |publisher=Times Digital Archive}}</ref><ref>{{cite webnews|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0501985917/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=b6c9da1f|title="For the Record." Times, 12 June 1993, p. 39|newspaper=The Times |date=12 June 1993 |page=39 |publisher=Times Digital Archive}}</ref><ref>{{cite webnews|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500553136/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=6b11d9e1|title=Downes, Steven. "Parker's display shows he can be a masked marvel." Times, 14 July 1989, p. 47|newspaper=The Times |date=14 July 1989 |page=47 |publisher=Times Digital Archive|last1=Downes |first1=Steven }}</ref><ref>{{cite webnews|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0501870955/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=1e85620d|title="Results from Leeds." Times, 5 Aug. 1991, p. 30|newspaper=The Times |date=5 August 1991 |page=30 |publisher=Times Digital Archive}}</ref><ref>{{cite webnews|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0503321880/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=454e31ee|title="Results from Sheffield." Times, 15 June 1992, p. 28|newspaper=The Times |date=15 June 1992 |page=28 |publisher=Times Digital Archive}}</ref><ref>{{cite webnews|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0501986472/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=b2cf8254|title="For the Record." Times, 14 June 1993, p. 24|newspaper=The Times |date=14 June 1993 |page=24 |publisher=Times Digital Archive}}</ref><ref>{{cite webnews|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500311584/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=98cfd3e0|title="For the Record." Times, 28 July 1990, p. 31|newspaper=The Times |date=28 July 1990 |page=31 |publisher=Times Digital Archive}}</ref><ref>{{cite webnews|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0502061797/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=66663780|title="For the Record." Times, 1 Aug. 1994, p. 23|websitenewspaper=The Times|date=August Digital1994 |page=23 Archive}}</ref><ref>{{cite webnews|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0503410498/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=9ea517a9|title="For the Record." Times, 21 July 1995, p. 38|websitenewspaper=The Times|date=21 DigitalJuly 1995 |page=38 Archive}}</ref><ref>{{cite webnews|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500849050/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=17db8d2d|title="For the Record." Times, 18 July 1997, p. 42|websitenewspaper=The Times|date=18 DigitalJuly 1997 |page=42 Archive}}</ref>
 
==Honours==
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[[Category:1971 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:English female freestyle swimmers]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Brighton]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Ipswich]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers offor Great Britain]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
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[[Category:Swimmers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:FemaleBritish female freestyle swimmers]]
[[Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)]]
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[[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming]]
[[Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games]]
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