22 Facts About Karen Cockburn

Karen Cockburn won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the individual event.

Karen Cockburn won a gold medal at the 2003 Trampoline World Championships in Hannover, Germany in the same event and a bronze in the team event.

Karen Cockburn began trampolining at age 11, and was a student at York University.

Karen Cockburn is a member of the Skyriders Trampoline Place and is coached by Dave Ross.

Karen Cockburn was beaten by her partner in synchronized trampoline, Rosannagh MacLennan.

In September 2005 at the Trampoline World Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands, the pair came 2nd in synchronized trampoline and Karen Cockburn came 6th in the individual event.

On November 25,2006, Karen 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.

At the 2007 Canadian Trampoline Championships in Regina, Saskatchewan, Karen Cockburn took first place, edging out MacLennan by 2.5 points with a score of 106.90 in the Women's Senior Individual trampoline category.

On June 7,2008, Karen Cockburn won her 10th Senior Women's Trampoline Canadian Championship in Calgary, beating MacLennan into second place.

Karen Cockburn was the only trampoline athlete to have won a medal at every Olympic Games at which the event has been competed until her 4th-place finish in the 2012 London Olympics.

Karen Cockburn was selected as Canada's flag bearer for the closing ceremonies of the Beijing 2008 Olympics.

Karen Cockburn regained the Canadian National Championship in 2010 at Kamloops, British Columbia with MacLennan coming in 2nd place.

Karen Cockburn won a silver medal in Synchronised Trampoline with her usual partner Rosannagh Maclennan.

In 2011, Karen Cockburn did not compete in the Canadian National Championships and was sick for the Finals of the 2011 Pan American Games.

In 2012, Karen Cockburn finished in 4th place in the 2012 Summer Olympics's individual trampoline.

In 2014, Karen Cockburn resumed training after giving birth to a daughter in 2013.

Karen Cockburn is attempting to qualify for the 2015 Pan-American Games to be held in Toronto.

Karen Cockburn stated that she wanted to compete in a major international event before her hometown crowd before she retired.

Karen Cockburn competed in the 2014 Canadian National Champuionships in Ottawa and was third.

Karen Cockburn received the honour of being selected to pronounce the athletes' oath in front of her home crowd in Toronto during the opening ceremonies of the 2015 Pan-American Games.

On July 16,2017, at the 2017 Canadian National Trampoline and Tumbling Championships, Karen Cockburn officially retired at a ceremony held to honour her contribution to the sport.

Karen Cockburn's autobiography, called Karen Cockburn: Soaring High, was published in November 2007.