Karen Cromie


Karen Elizabeth Cromie 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.

Career

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

Family

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

Death

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