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- Karen Darke, MBE, FRSGS (born 25 June 1971) is a British paralympic cyclist, paratriathlete, adventurer and author. She competed at the 2016 Rio Paralympics winning Gold in the Women's road time trial, following her success in the 2012 London Paralympics winning a silver medal in the Women's road time trial H1-2. Darke was born in Halifax, Yorkshire. She is paralysed from the chest down following an accident, aged 21, whilst sea cliff climbing. In 1996 she first hand-cycled across the Himalaya from Kazakhstan to Pakistan, through the Indian Himalaya in 2005 and 2018, and across the Tibetan Plateau in 2014. In 2002 she was part of a team sea kayaking from Canada to Alaska (Vancouver to Juneau, 10 weeks kayaking). In 2006, she took part in an expedition which crossed Greenland's ice cap whilst sitting on skis using her arms and poles to cover the 372-mile crossing. She has also climbed Mont Blanc, Matterhorn and El Capitan and hand-cycled, skied and kayaked the length of Japan. In 2009, she was a bronze medal winner in the Para-Cycling World Cup after which, in 2010, she became a member of the British Para-Cycling team. She has won two silver medals in the women's H2 road race and time trial events at the 2011 Para-Cycling World Cup which took place in Sydney. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, on 5 September 2012, she won a silver medal in the Women's road time trial H1–2 finishing second to Marianna Davis in a time of 33:16.09. In the Women's road race H1-3 competition, on 7 September 2012, Darke finished fourth. After crossing the finishing line holding hands with teammate Rachel Morris, both in a time of 1:43:08, Morris was awarded the bronze medal. In October 2012, she competed in her first ITU Paratriathlon World Championships. She won the gold medal in her TRI-1 classification. She went on to compete for Scotland in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Australia, finishing 4th. In 2014 Darke took a silver medal in the UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships in South Carolina in the H3 time-trial, following it up with a bronze in the H3 road race. On 14 September 2016 Darke won the gold medal in the Women's time trial H1-3 at the Rio Paralympics in a time of 33:44:93. Darke was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to sport, particularly cycling and triathlon. (en)
- Karen Darke (25 de junio de 1971; Halifax, Yorkshire ) es una ciclista, paratriatleta, aventurera y autora paralímpica británica. Compitió en los Juegos Paralímpicos de Londres 2012 ganando una medalla de plata en la contrarreloj femenina H1-2. (es)
- カレン・エリザベス・ダーク MBE, FRSGS（英語: Karen Elizabeth Darke, 1971年6月25日-）はイギリスのヨークシャー州ハリファックス出身のパラリンピック自転車選手でパラトライアスロン選手、冒険家で作家、指導者でもある。2012年ロンドンパラリンピックの銀メダル選手、2016年リオデジャネイロ・パラリンピックでは金メダルを得ている。 (ja)
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- Karen Darke (25 de junio de 1971; Halifax, Yorkshire ) es una ciclista, paratriatleta, aventurera y autora paralímpica británica. Compitió en los Juegos Paralímpicos de Londres 2012 ganando una medalla de plata en la contrarreloj femenina H1-2. (es)
- カレン・エリザベス・ダーク MBE, FRSGS（英語: Karen Elizabeth Darke, 1971年6月25日-）はイギリスのヨークシャー州ハリファックス出身のパラリンピック自転車選手でパラトライアスロン選手、冒険家で作家、指導者でもある。2012年ロンドンパラリンピックの銀メダル選手、2016年リオデジャネイロ・パラリンピックでは金メダルを得ている。 (ja)
- Karen Darke, MBE, FRSGS (born 25 June 1971) is a British paralympic cyclist, paratriathlete, adventurer and author. She competed at the 2016 Rio Paralympics winning Gold in the Women's road time trial, following her success in the 2012 London Paralympics winning a silver medal in the Women's road time trial H1-2. In October 2012, she competed in her first ITU Paratriathlon World Championships. She won the gold medal in her TRI-1 classification. She went on to compete for Scotland in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Australia, finishing 4th. (en)
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