Karen Darke, born on 25 June 1971 in Halifax, Yorkshire, is a British Paralympic cyclist, paratriathlete, adventurer and author, and a Fellow of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. She has been paralysed from the chest down since an accident at the age of 21 while sea cliff climbing. She won silver in the women's road time trial H1-2 at the 2012 London Paralympics and gold in the women's time trial H1-3 at the 2016 Rio Paralympics, and in paratriathlon she won gold in her TRI-1 classification. Her expeditions include hand-cycling across the Himalaya from Kazakhstan to Pakistan in 1996 and across the Tibetan Plateau in 2014.
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Karen Darke FRSGS (born 25 June 1971) is a British paralympic cyclist, paratriathlete, adventurer and author.
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She competed at the 2016 Rio Paralympics winning Gold in the Women's road time trial, following her success in the 2012 London Paralympics winning a silver medal in the Women's road time
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Karen Darke FRSGS (born 25 June 1971) is a British paralympic cyclist, paratriathlete, adventurer and author.
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