Glasgow was the fourth Commonwealth Games for Karen after she represented New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games in 2002, 2006 and 2010. Karen placed 3rd in the Women's teams and 2nd in the Women's doubles at the 2002 Games in Manchester. In 2006 she placed 4th in the doubles with team mate Annie Yang and 5th in the team's event in 2010. Karen has also represented New Zealand at two Olympic Games: Sydney in 2000 and Athens in 2004.  Recently Karen and her respective team had a lot of success as overall winners at the 2014 Zen-noh World Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Karen is a right-handed shake hand attacker/counter attacker. Karen has recently returned back to the sport after the birth of her son. 


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Karen's Games History

  • Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014

    • Table Tennis (Doubles - Women)
      Quarter-finals 1-3
      Third Round 3-0
      Second Round 3-0
      Placed 5 of 40
    • Table Tennis (Singles - Women)
      Third Round 0-4
      Second Round 4-0
      Placed 9 of 86
    • Table Tennis (Team - Women)
      Group 5 Match 1 3-0
      Group 5 Match 3 3-2
      Group 5 Match 5 3-0
      First Round 3-0
      Quarter-finals 0-3
      Placed 5 of 22
    • Table Tennis (Doubles - Mixed)
      Fourth Round 0-3
      Third Round 3-0
      Second Round 3-0
      Placed 9 of 90
  • Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010

    • Table Tennis (Doubles - Women)
      Round 2 3-0
      Placed 9 of 32
    • Table Tennis (Singles - Women)
      Round 2 1-4
      Placed 17 of 81
    • Table Tennis (Team - Women)
      Classification Games 3-1
      Quarter Final 2-3
      Round 4 3-0
      Round 2 3-2
      Round 1 3-0
      Placed 5 of 16
  • Commonwealth Games Melbourne 2006

    • Table Tennis (Singles - Women)
      Round 2 4-3
      Quarter Final 1-4
      Round 1 4-1
      Placed 5 of 58
    • Table Tennis (Team - Women)
      Classification Matches 2-3
      Pool Games 2-3
      Pool Games 3-0
      Pool Games 0-3
      Placed 7 of 16
    • Table Tennis (Doubles - Mixed)
      Round 3 0-3
      Round 1 3-0
      Placed 9 of 58
    • Table Tennis (Doubles - Women)
      Final 2-3
      Semi Final 0-3
      Quarter Final 3-2
      Round 2 3-0
      Round 1 3-2
      Placed 4 of 26
  • Olympic Summer Games Athens 2004

    • Table Tennis (Doubles - Women)
      Fourth Round 2-4
      Third Round 4-1
      Second Round 4-2
      Placed 9 of 24