Karen Dixon (née Straker; born 17 September 1964) is a British equestrian. She was born in County Durham, England. She won a silver medal in team eventing at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. She also competed at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympics. She won World Team Silver in 1990 and World Team Gold in 1994. In addition to this she has taken two individual bronze medals at the Europeans in 1991 and at the Worlds in 1994. Her two most famous former top horses have been "Get Smart" and "Too Smart". She has had five top ten Badminton Horse Trials placings, coming 5th in 1988, 6th in 1989, 9th in 1990, and 10th in 1991 and 1994.[1]
Karen Straker
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(1964-09-17) 17 September 1964 (age 59) County Durham, England
karen, straker, karen, dixon, née, straker, born, september, 1964, british, equestrian, born, county, durham, england, silver, medal, team, eventing, 1988, olympic, games, seoul, also, competed, 1992, 1996, 2000, olympics, world, team, silver, 1990, world, tea. Karen Dixon nee Straker born 17 September 1964 is a British equestrian She was born in County Durham England She won a silver medal in team eventing at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul She also competed at the 1992 1996 and 2000 Olympics She won World Team Silver in 1990 and World Team Gold in 1994 In addition to this she has taken two individual bronze medals at the Europeans in 1991 and at the Worlds in 1994 Her two most famous former top horses have been Get Smart and Too Smart She has had five top ten Badminton Horse Trials placings coming 5th in 1988 6th in 1989 9th in 1990 and 10th in 1991 and 1994 1 Karen StrakerPersonal informationBorn 1964 09 17 17 September 1964 age 59 County Durham EnglandMedal record EquestrianRepresenting Great BritainOlympic Games1988 Seoul Team eventingWorld Championships1994 Den Haag Team eventing1990 Stockholm Team eventing1994 Den Haag Individual eventing1998 Rome Team eventingEuropean Championships1991 Punchestown Team eventing1991 Punchestown Individual eventingReferences Edit Profile Karen Straker Dixon Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 3 November 2011 nbsp nbsp This article about a United Kingdom Olympic medallist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to British equestrianism is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Karen Straker amp oldid 1156614666, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
