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Karen Van Nest
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1962-09-29) 29 September 1962 (age 62)
North Bay, Ontario, Canada
Sport
Sport
EventCompound
Coached byPhil Henderson
Medal record
Para Archery
Representing  Canada
Parapan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto Women's compound

Karen Van Nest (born 29 September 1962) is a Canadian Paralympic archer and shooter. She is a Parapan American Games medalist and has competed in six Paralympic Games.

Early life

Van Nest is originally from North Bay, Ontario. At age 23, she lost her left leg in a motorcycle accident.

Career

Van Nest began shooting in 1996. She qualified for Canada’s Paralympic team in 1998, placing fourth at the 2000 Paralympics. She finished fifth at the 2004 Paralympics and tenth at the 2008 Paralympics. In 2006, she won a bronze medal at the world championships in rowing.

Van Nest began para archery in 2008, at the age of 46. She switched from shooting to archery after she experienced problems with her right shoulder, and made her Paralympic archery debut at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. At the 2014 Pan Am Championships she won bronze in the women's compound open and silver in mixed team. She won silver at the 2015 Parapan American Games in women’s compound open, losing by eight points to Jane Karla Gögel of Brazil. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics, Van Nest came fourth in the women's compound open. Van Nest won gold in the women’s compound open at the 2017 Para Pan American Championships and bronze in the same event at the Championships the following year. She competed in archery at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

References

  1. "Athlete Profile". paralympic.org. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  2. "World Archery Extranet". extranet.worldarchery.org. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  3. ^ Cowan, Greg (29 July 2021). "Van Nest selected to Team Canada for sixth Paralympic Games". The Sun Times. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Pilla welcomes Multi Olympic Sport Para Athlete, Karen Van Nest". PILLA SPORT CANADA. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  5. "Van Nest hopes Games inspire Canadian kids". Brampton Guardian. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  6. ^ Kavanaugh, Brenna (27 August 2021). "Canadian para archer Van Nest moves on from ranking round with confidence". The Toronto Observer. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  7. "Karen Van Nest". paralympic.ca. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  8. "Karen Van Nest". Canadian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  9. Battersby, Sarah-Joyce (10 August 2015). "Canadian archer Karen Van Nest takes Parapan Am Games silver despite jitters". OurWindsor.ca. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  10. "Le parcours de l'archère Karen Van Nest s'arrête en huitièmes de finale". Radio-Canada (in Canadian French). 16 September 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  11. "US men's compound set new world record". International Paralympic Committee. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  12. "European and Pan Am archery champions crowned". International Paralympic Committee. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  13. "Para archer Karen Van Nest named to Tokyo 2020 Canadian Paralympic Team". Canadian Paralympic Committee. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2024.

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