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  Karen Cockburn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Karen Cockburn (born October 2, 1980 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian trampoline gymnast.
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.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Karen_Cockburn   (277 words)

  
 Gymnastics- Trampoline: Karen Cockburn
In 1995, Karen Cockburn suffered a serious knee injury when she stepped on the ball while on the trampoline and completely bent her leg.
Cockburn competed with a knee brace until the 1999 Olympic trials.
Cockburn, who made her first national team at 14, reached finals at the last two world championships including a seventh place finish last year.
www.canoe.ca /2000GamesBiosA2M/cockburn.html   (211 words)

  
 Canada's First Medals at 2004 Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
KAREN COCKBURN doesn't remember much of a fuss surrounding her bronze-medal win in Sydney four years ago.
It's either a measure of how her sport has grown, or how hungry Canadians were for the hardware last week, that Paul Martin's office was on the phone literally two seconds after she struck silver in Athens.
Leaping on legs so shaky that she was forced to tone down her acrobatic routines, Cockburn, the reigning world champion, came tantalizingly close to grabbing the gold.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=M1ARTM0012642   (1083 words)

  
 Y-File
York University student Karen Cockburn triumphed in her hunt for an Olympic medal on Friday.
Her parents Colin and Patricia Cockburn, who live in North York, were glued to their TV set, surrounded by local and national media, in anticipation of their daughter's walk to the podium.
Cockburn was the bronze medallist at the Sydney Olympic Games four years ago when the sport made its debut.
www.yorku.ca /yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=3212   (578 words)

  
 Karen Cockburn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
As many of you may know Karen was the first Canadian women to enter and win a medal in the Olympics.
Being an athlete at the Skyriders Trampoline Club in Richmond Hill, and coached by the amazing Dave Ross, Karen headed to the Olympics, and brought back with her a bronze medal.
She has gone on to win national titals, hopefully Karen will be training to appear in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games.
www.angelfire.com /ok2/sagemare/karen   (82 words)

  
 Feature: Karen Cockburn Savours Second Olympic Medal
Elation and relief went hand-in-hand for Karen Cockburn as she stood on the podium Friday at the Olympic Indoor Hall just after winning the silver medal in women’s trampoline.
Cockburn, the reigning women’s world champion, went to Athens as one of the favourites to win gold.
In the preliminary round of 16 competitors, Cockburn finished fifth with the same routine that won her the 2003 world title and teammate Heather Ross McManus of Ottawa was sixth.
www.cansport.com /cgi-bin/articles.pl?lang=e&type=feature&tpl=&rec_id=5545   (676 words)

  
 Canadian Olympic Committee
Cockburn won Canada's second medal of the Athens Games on the women's trampoline Friday, performing the most difficult routine in the competition to come within a whisker of gold.
Cockburn, the defending world champion and bronze medallist from Sydney, achieved great height on the trampoline while staying within the centre box target area, a key to high scoring, to put up a score of 39.20.
Cockburn was a bronze medallist in Sydney four years ago when trampoline made its Olympic debut and is also the sport's reigning world champion.
www.olympic.ca /EN/games/olympic/summer/athens/news/08_20_04.shtml   (927 words)

  
 Y-File
Yesterday, world champion trampolinist Karen Cockburn touched down in Athens, keen to begin rehearsing for a chance at an Olympic gold.
Cockburn is at the top of her form.
Cockburn began trampoline in 1992 at the age of 11.
www.yorku.ca /yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=3176   (512 words)

  
 CTV.ca - Trampoline star Cockburn brings home silver- CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
Germany's Anna Dogonadze took gold in the event with a score of 39.6, narrowly beating Cockburn's score of 39.20, in spite of Cockburn's routine having the highest degree of difficulty at 15.0.
Cockburn had great height during her routine and stayed inside the centre box.
Cockburn's parents fought back tears of joy as they watched the competition in the rec room of their Toronto home.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/20040820/trampoline_medal_040820/20040820?hub=TopStories&subhub=PrintStory   (487 words)

  
 Trampoline revels in its moment in the sun
Cockburn won the bronze and, for a kid whose defining moments come when she is alone in the clouds, Karen Cockburn has a remarkable ability to keep her feet on the ground.
 Karen Cockburn is the daughter of a mom who works at a furniture manufacturer and a dad who bakes for the Open Window Bakery.
And then, at the 11th hour, the fourth place finish Cockburn had been slotted into by her Olympic judges was shifted to an unexpected bronze.
www.canoe.ca /2000GamesGymnastics/sep23_tramp-sun.html   (540 words)

  
 Karen Cockburn wants to improve on her Olympic bronze
What you should know, however, is that by virtue of her win at the world championships this past October in Germany, the 23-year-old will head to Athens as a solid gold-medal favourite.
Cockburn has a World Cup win in Sweden this year and also has been to Athens for an Olympic testing event.
Cockburn felt juggling classes was too much of a diversion and has taken the year off from school.
www.caaws.ca /girlsatplay/sports/gymnastics/may16_04.htm   (562 words)

  
 Gymn.ca: July 2001 News Achive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
In the individual finals, Cockburn had the second highest degree of difficulty of 14.2 - second only to the eventual winner Irina Karaeva - current Olympic champion who made a tremendous comeback from her seventh place finish in preliminaries.
Individually, Cockburn easily qualified for the finals in fourth place - where her 14.2 degree of difficulty was equal highest with current Olympic champion Irina Karaeva of Russia - who finished a surprising 7th after the preliminaries.
Cockburn's teammates in the women's competition were Heather Ross-McMannus (a very strong 10th place finish individually); Lydia Zannon (25th individually); and Brenna Casey (35th individually).
www.gymn.ca /news/2001/july01.shtml   (2835 words)

  
 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ATHLETES
Karen Cockburn began her athletic pursuits as a diver and used the trampoline as training for her dives.
When trampolining made its Olympic debut at the 2000 Sydney Games, Cockburn was one of the twelve women to take part.
In the final she attempted a routine with a higher degree of difficulty than any of other competitors and won the silver medal behind Anna Dogonadze of Germany.
www.olympic.org /uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?heros=134144   (152 words)

  
 Karen Leslie Hall - Artist Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Karen Leslie Hall was born in Ottawa, Canada.
Karen is an engaging and charismatic solo performer.
Karen's debut album "On the Dream Road", produced by Don Ross, showcases her singing, playing and writing and features some of Canada's finest musicians.
www.seadance.com /karen.html   (420 words)

  
 TSN.ca - Print Story - Canada's Sports Leader   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Cockburn's score held up until Anna Dogonadze of Germany, the second last performer, topped her with a 39.60.
In addition to her bronze medal at Sydney four years ago, when trampoline made its Olympic debut, Cockburn is also the reigning world champion.
Cockburn's routine had the highest degree of difficulty at 14.6.
www.tsn.ca /tools/print_story.asp?id=95578   (745 words)

  
 PR Direct
Karen Cockburn, Canadian Olympic trampoline medalist at the 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens Olympic games, is endorsing the SpringFree™ Trampoline's launch as the safest trampoline in the world.
Karen made history by becoming the first Canadian ever to win the World Championships in the sport of individual trampoline competition and now represents Canada as the reigning world trampoline champion.
SpringFree™ Trampoline is a proud sponsor of Karen Cockburn's Olympic and world championship efforts as she represents Canada in international competition.
www.prdirect.ca /en/view_release.aspx?TrafficID=2275   (576 words)

  
 Toronto’s Karen Cockburn wins World Cup gold   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
GREENSBORO, North Carolina- Karen Cockburn of Toronto earned her first career victory on the World Cup trampoline and tumbling circuit this weekend and added a silver with partner Heather Ross-McManus of Ottawa on synchronized trampoline.
In women’s individual trampoline, Cockburn, the Olympic bronze medallist in Sydney, totalled 40.20 points for the gold.
Cockburn and Ross-McManus, new partners this season, captured their third consecutive World Cup silver while Galina Lebedeva and Tatiana Piatrenia of Belarus were third.
www.gymcan.org /cgi-bin/newspro/fullnews.cgi?newsid1030362824,51439,   (137 words)

  
 Notebook: Gold doesn't change everyone's life - Olympics - MSNBC.com
Cockburn isn’t counting on the same kind of treatment after she won a silver in the trampoline Friday.
Asked how her life had changed since then, Cockburn just laughed.
Cockburn was wide-eyed and 19 when she went to Sydney, thrilled to get a medal of any color.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5776199   (864 words)

  
 German mother somersaults to trampoline gold - Trampoline - MSNBC.com
Cockburn, a Canadian who won bronze in Sydney, finished with 39.20 points.
Cockburn said she was feeling “a little shaky” in qualifying, so she watered down her routines to guarantee a spot in the finals.
But she was still feeling nervous, and wasn’t as accurate with her landings as she normally is. Instead of landing in the center of the canvas, Cockburn found herself on the edges a few times.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5771205   (825 words)

  
 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
Women's gymnastics, trampoline: Karen COCKBURN of Canada competes during the qualification routine at the Olympic Sports Complex Indoor Hall.
Women's gymnastics, trampoline: (L to R) Karen COCKBURN of Canada (silver), Anna DOGONADZE of Germany (gold) and Shanshan HUANG of China (bronze) pose with their medals after the medal ceremony at the Olympic Sports Complex Indoor Hall.
Women's gymnastics, trampoline: (L to R) Karen COCKBURN of Canada (bronze), Irina KARAVAEVA of Russia (gold) and Oxana TSYHULEVA of Ukraine (silver) wave to the audience during the medal ceremony.
www.olympic.org /uk/utilities/multimedia/gallery/results_uk.asp?entid=81&MediaType=pic   (274 words)

  
 OLYMPIC WOMEN’S TRAMPOLINE ATHENS 2004
Cockburn was certainly not sharp and failed to impress the judges, 27.0 scored.
Karen Cockburn, (CAN) opened with a piked Triff to half in half out piked, making 38.1 total 65.1.
Karen Cockburn was the first to jump above her rank with a 15.00 tariff routine for 39.2.
www.british-gymnastics.org /cms/publish/article_638.shtml   (863 words)

  
 USA Gymnastics Online: News: Karen Cockburn Defeats Olympic Gold Medalist at 2002 World Cup
Karen Cockburn Defeats Olympic Gold Medalist at 2002 World Cup
The pair finished with a score of 48.80 and was followed by Heather Ross-McManus and Karen Cockburn of Canada.
In the individual women's trampoline, Cockburn won gold (40.20) followed by 2000 Olympic Gold medalist Karavaeva who took home the silver.
www.usa-gymnastics.org /news/2002/aug24-02ttwldcup.html   (447 words)

  
 Media Advisory/Photo Opportunity - Olympic medalist Karen Cockburn launches SpringFree(TM) Trampoline - the world's ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
TORONTO, March 7 /CNW/ - Join Karen Cockburn, 2001 Canadian Olympic trampoline medalist at the Wellesley Community Recreation Centre for the launch of SpringFree(TM) Trampoline.
Karen will do demonstrations and local children will be invited to try the trampoline.
Karen will also be available for audience questions, photo opportunities and interviews.
press.arrivenet.com /business/article.php/607221.html   (308 words)

  
 TSN : OLYMPICS - Canada's Sports Leader
Congrats Karen, this is what Canada needs to get r...
We may not all be as respectful as we should be, b...
Karen is my sister, therefore I feel no shame in h...
www.tsn.ca /olympics/news_story?ID=95578&hubname=   (1077 words)

  
 Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity- CAAWS
A Canadian team won the silver medal in synchronized trampoline Saturday to conclude the world trampoline and tumbling championships in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
Karen Cockburn and Rosannagh MacLennan of Toronto joined forces in June and earned gold and silver in their two World Cup appearances prior to the world championships.
Cockburn did not perform as well in the women's individual trampoline event, she finished sixth.
www.caaws.ca /e/archives/article.cfm?id=563&search=Trampoline   (412 words)

  
 Main   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
In a thrilling competition which demonstrated much more stability than the qualification rounds, Anna Dogonadze (GER), the 2001 world champion and 2003 bronze medalist, deservedly took the Olympic title in front of Karen Cockburn (CAN), the present World Champion.
Cockburn earns her second Olympic medal after the bronze in Sydney.
Canada was the only nation with two in the finals (Cockburn, and Heather Ross-McManus, 6th).
www.ueg-gymnastics.com /news/detail.php?id=1618   (385 words)

  
 News Archive | Canadian Sport News Online | CanadianSport.ca
OTTAWA- Two-time Olympic medalist Karen Cockburn of Toronto won the women’s trampoline competition on Sunday to conclude the Canada Cup trampoline and tumbling competition at the University of Ottawa.
Cockburn, a silver medallist at the Athens Games and third in Sydney in 2000, totalled 105.30 points.
She hopes to beat her Canadian record of 114.70 at the national championships later this month then she’ll eye the world mark of 115.50 points.
www.canadiansport.com /news/news_view_e.cfm?id=6511&search=&show=&month=&year=2004&search_where=   (377 words)

  
 580 CFRA - News Talk Radio
Karen Cockburn of Toronto won a silver medal in women's trampoline on Friday.
Cockburn says Canada's low medal count meant there was a lot on the line "People are always saying, `Oh, we don't have any medals.
Especially when you're in a place expected to win a medal because you have the results, you feel the pressure, of course.
www.cfra.com /headlines/index.asp?nid=18501&cat=3   (258 words)

  
 Sports Features Communications™ - Press Point   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Olympic medallist Karen Cockburn in action this weekend at trampoline World Cup
Cockburn is joined on the women’s trampoline team by Canadian champion Rosannagh MacLennan of
Cockburn and MacLennan combined forces for gold on synchronized trampoline and Cockburn added a bronze in inividual trampoline.
www.sportsfeatures.com /PressPoint/show.php?id=24293   (302 words)

  
 Canadian Sport Centre Calgary - Communications
Olympic bronze medallist Karen Cockburn of Toronto won the women's trampoline crown for a fifth straight year.
In women's trampoline, Cockburn cruised to victory at 105.80.
Also on Saturday, in an exciting finish Canada's women's pair of Karen Clark and Jacqui Cook - 2001 World bronze medallists - came from second position in the last 500 metres of their race to win by five seconds over the top U.S. pairs.
www.canadiansportcentre.com /Communications/weekinreview/WIR02_05_19.htm   (968 words)

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