Dave Ross, Thornhill resident and Canada team director for three-member contingent competing in trampoline, is going to the Olympic Games in Beijing with medal hopeful Karen Cockburn.
Karen Cockburn
October 2, 1980
Toronto, Ontario
Stouffville, Ontario
Toronto
Gymnastics
5'3''
Karen Cockburn Bio
Won silver medal at 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. ... Won bronze medal at 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. ... Won gold medal at the 2003 world championships in Hannover, Germany. ... Won gold at 2006 PanAmerican Championships in Monterrey, Mexico. ... Won gold medal at 2007 PanAmerican Games in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.
Career Highlights:
•2007 World Championships - Individual Trampoline - 8th; Synchronized Trampoline - 1st
•2007 Pan Am Games - Individual Trampoline - 1st
•2006 World Cup Final - Individual Trampoline - 1st; Synchronized Trampoline - 1st
•2005 World Championships - Individual Trampoline - 6th; Synchronized Trampoline - 2nd; Trampoline-Team - 7th
•2004 Olympic Games - Individual Trampoline - 2nd
•2003 World Championships - Individual Trampoline - 1st; Synchronized Trampoline - 8th; Team Trampoline - 3rd
•2001 World Championships - Individual Trampoline - 5th; Synchronized Trampoline - 4th
•2000 Olympic Games - Individual Trampoline - 3rd
•1999 World Championships - Individual Trampoline - 7th; Synchronized Trampoline - 8th
•1998 World Championships - Individual Trampoline - 5th; Synchronized Trampoline - 8th; Trampoline Team - 4th
•1994 World Championships - Synchronized Trampoline - 14th
Karen Cockburn in The News
Karen Cockburn in Photos
August 16, 2008
Ron Pietroniro / Metroland
BEIJING -- Canada's Karen Cockburn flies through the air during the women's trampoline event at the 2008 Olympics on Saturday August 16, 2008. She went on to win a silver medal on Monday.
Karen Cockburn in Videos
August 13, 2008
Karen Cockburn is ranked second in the world in trampoline and is one of the medal hopes in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Cockburn will compete on Saturday August 16 at 11 a.m. and was...
