Special K, K-Cuts, K-dawg (karencockburn.com, 16 May 2012; olympic.ca, 18 Jan 2016)

Snowboarding, wakeboarding, holistic cooking, Pilates, yoga, reading. (karen-cockburn.ca, 18 Mar 2014) (Athlete 17/06/99)

Athlete

Human Movement Studies - York University, Toronto, ON, CAN

Husband Mathieu Turgeon, daughter Emilie [2013]

English

Skyriders Trampoline Place [Richmond Hill, ON, CAN]

Dave Ross [club] (gymcan.org, 04 Jun 2016)

Her husband Mathieu Turgeon won bronze in trampoline at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. (Twitter profile, 02 May 2016)

1994 for Canada, World Games (karen-cockburn.ca, 16 May 2012)

She broke her ankle two days before the world championships in November 2014 after hitting the metal frame of the trampoline from four metres high. She had a steel plate and eight screws inserted into the joint. She returned to training in March 2015. (thestar.com, 16 Jul 2015; thestar.com, 09 May 2015)She injured her knee after a training mishap in October 2007. She still competed at the 2007 World Championships, but then underwent surgery in December. She was unable to train for a month. (torontosun.com, 31 Dec 2007, CBC, 23 May 2008)She dislocated her knee during training in 1995 and was sidelined for a year. She returned to competition after undergoing reconstructive knee surgery, and she returned to competition wearing a knee brace until late 1999. (CBC, 19 Jun 2000)

She took up the sport at age 11. (toronto2015.org, 26 Jul 2015)

Her first athletic pursuit was diving, and she would use the trampoline as a training tool. At age 11, she started trampoline classes, and soon thereafter she turned her focus to competitions. "All I knew was that I wanted to go to the Olympics and that ambition owed in part to watching Canadian rower Silken Laumann excel at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona." (NBC 2000; insidehalton.com, 21 Jul 2015)

Competing at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, ON, Canada. (fig-gymnastics.com, 27 Nov 2015)

Canadian rower Silken Laumann. (insidehalton.com, 21 Jul 2015)

Her daughter Emilie. (toronto2015.org, 2015)

"A mind clouded by doubt cannot focus on the course of victory." (olympic.ca, 18 Jan 2016)

Awards
She was named Canada's flag bearer for the closing ceremony at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. (thestar.com, 16 Jul 2015)

General
MATERNITY LEAVE
She took 14 months out of the sport to give birth to her daughter Emilie in 2013. "Nothing was easy. After 14 months off for the birth of my daughter there was a lot of work to get back in shape and regain my strength and my skills. I love my sport so I really enjoyed training again and being with my teammates. It was a tough year back but I was back competing at an elite level by the 2014 World Championships in Daytona Beach." She has faced the challenges of being an athlete and mother head on, "It is challenging but worth it for every mother to get healthy and strong again. It is hard to be a mum and an elite athlete. It is a challenge to train with the lack of sleep and all the energy it takes to do both. There are a few trampolinists who are mums and I have so much respect for them, because I know how hard it is. Sport is for everyone, mums included, so it is great to set that example and change the perception of who can be an elite female athlete." (fig-gymnastics.com, 27 Nov 2015)

DAUGHTER DEAREST
Her daughter Emilie's middle name, Sydney, reflects the host city of the 2000 Olympic Games, where she and husband Mathieu Turgeon won bronze medals in trampoline and started dating. (citynews.ca, 24 Jul 2015)

NATIONAL FIRST
In 2003 she became the first Canadian world champion in individual trampoline. (gymsask.com, 19 Dec 2003)