Karen Cromie

Karen Elizabeth Cromie (24 September 1979 – 28 January 2011) 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 died by suicide on 28 January 2011. She was 31.