Karen Cromie

Karen Elizabeth Cromie (24 September 1979 – 28 January 2011)[1] was a Northern Irish rower, wheelchair basketball player and Paralympian. She competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, where she in came fifth in the mixed double sculls, with James Roberts.[2]

Career

Cromie won silver at the 2005 and 2006 Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball World Cups with the National GB Team.[3] In 2009, she transferred to the National Irish Team.[4]

Family

Karen's sister is a doctor in the United Kingdom, and her brother is a chiropractor in Norway.[3]

Death

Cromie committed suicide by jumping off a bridge on 28 January 2011. She was 32.[1][5]

References
  1. Talented athlete dies in second suicide bid on same bridge... could it have been prevented?, Belfasttelegraph.co.uk, 29 January 2011
  2. Results for Karen Cromie from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)
  4. Profile – Karen Cromie Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Funeral held for tragic paralympian". News Letter. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
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