Karen O'Connor


Country
Birth date
Age
17/02/1958 - Concord (USA) 
54
Height
Weight
Gender
168 cm / 5'6" 
54 kg / 119 lbs 
F
Sport
Horse
O'CONNOR Karen

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Rank Event Year Location
Olympic Games
2 Eventing Team 1996 Atlanta, GA, USA
3 Eventing Team 2000 Sydney, NSW, AUS
7 Eventing Team 2008 Beijing, CHN
44 Eventing Individual 2008 Beijing, CHN
Eventing Individual 1988 Seoul, KOR DNF
Eventing Team 1988 Seoul, KOR DNF
World Equestrian Games
4 Eventing Team 2010 Lexington, KY, USA
19 Eventing Individual 2010 Lexington, KY, USA
World Cup
1 Eventing Individual 2010 Kalispell, MT, USA

Hobbies

Cooking, golf. (useventing.com, 09 Apr 2007)

Occupation

Athlete

Family

Husband David.

Language(s) spoken

English

Other sports

Her husband, David, also competes in equestrian. (thebarrygroup.com, 01 Jun 2012)

Debut

1979 for United States (US Eventing, 10 Apr 2007)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
She began riding horses at the age of 11. (O'Connor Event Team, 09 Apr 2007)

Reason for taking up this sport
She was inspired to take up the sport by the Princess Royal's performance at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. (Womens Sport Foundation, 22 Jan 2004)

Ambitions
The ultimate goal is the World Equestrian Games in Lexington, KY in 2010. (oconnoreventteam.com, 24 Aug 2010)

Hero
Her husband David O'Connor. (useventing.com, 09 Apr 2007)

Sporting philosophy / motto
"Be nice to the people on the way up, because you will always see them again on the way down." (useventing.com, 09 Apr 2007)

Awards
She has been named US Female Equestrian Athlete of the Year on ten occasions. (thebarrygroup.com, 01 Jun 2012)

In 1996, she and her husband David became the second husband and wife team to share a medal in Olympic history when they took silver in the team three day event. (useventing.com, 09 Apr 2007)

General




Previous Olympics

Beijing 2008, Sydney 2000, Atlanta 1996, Seoul 1988




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