Karen Cockburn
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Karen Cockburn (b. October 2, 1980) is a Canadian trampoline gymnast. She was born in Toronto and grew up in North York, Ontario. She began trampolining at age 11, and is a student at York University. She won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the individual event. She won a gold medal at the 2003 world championships in Hannover, Germany in the same event and a bronze in the team event. At the 2004 Summer Olympics she won a silver medal in the individual event.
Following the Birmingham World Cup Final that took place in November 2006, the FIG World Rankings were updated. The women's ranking saw a major change with Cockburn taking over first place in Women's Individual Trampoline after winning the gold medal at the World Cup Final from four time World Champion and five time World Cup Final winner Irina Karavaeva of Russia. Cockburn and her current partner, Rosannagh MacLennan, are ranked second in Women's Synchronised Trampoline.
After winning the Canadian National Trampoline Championships seven years in a row, Cockburn made an error in her second routine (of three) and came in 6th place in the 2005 finals on June 1, 2005. She was beaten by her partner in synchronized trampoline, Rosannagh MacLennan. Later in June she competed in the Trampoline World Cup and came in 3rd in the individual competition and won gold in synchronized trampoline with Rosannagh MacLennan. In September 2005 at the Trampoline World Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands, the pair came 2nd in synchronized trampoline and Cockburn came 6th in the individual event.
In the 2006 Canadian National Trampoline championships, Cockburn regained her title beating MacLennan into second place, on May 20, 2006. On November 25, 2006, Cockburn won both the Individual gold medal and, with MacLennan, the synchronized gold medal at the Trampoline and Tumbling World Cup Final competition in Birmingham. In April 2007 at the Lake Placid Trampoline World Cup, the Cockburn and MacLennan achieved a new female synchronised trampoline routine world record for difficulty with a DD of 14.20[1].
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