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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 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 |
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.
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