- Karen Furneaux
Karen Furneaux (born
December 23 ,1976 ) is a Canadiankayak er. She began kayaking at age 12, and is a student atDalhousie University . She finished in 5th place at the2000 Summer Olympics in the women's K2 500 m event, and has won two world championship gold medals, the first in K2 200 m in 1998 inSzeged ,Hungary . The Second coming in the K1 200 m in 2001 inPoznań ,Poland . She has also won two silver medals at world championships, the first in 1997 in the K4 200 m inDartmouth, Nova Scotia and then in 1999 in the K2 500 m inMilan ,Italy . She was born in Halifax,Nova Scotia .ee also
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List of Canoe/Kayak athletes by Country External links
* [http://www.karenfurneaux.com/ Karen Furneaux's personal site]
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