Answer the following question: What key details about karen pickering can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: karen denise pickering , mbe -lrb- born 19 december 1971 -rrb- is a former freestyle swimmer from great britain , who made her international senior debut in 1986 . she was first selected to represent her country at the european junior championships . pickering competed in four consecutive summer olympics , starting in 1992 . she won her first medal in 1993 , at the inaugural 1993 fina short course world championships in palma de mallorca , where she won the gold medal in the 200 m freestyle . with that performance pickering became britain 's first swimming world champion . she was a member of the british swimming squad from 1986 to 2005 and has a collection that includes 8 world championship medals -lrb- 4 gold -rrb- , 14 european championship medals , 38 national championship titles , and a commonwealth games medal haul of 13 including 4 gold . the 2002 commonwealth games saw karen win three medals , two gold and one silver , in front of her home crowd , a career highlight which was crowned with the honour of carrying the english flag at the closing ceremony . for her services to swimming karen was awarded an mbe in the 1994 new years honours list . pickering is now the sports ambassador for ipswich in suffolk and chairs the british athletes commission .
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- height is 1.77- strokes is freestyle- fullname is karen denise pickering- birth date is 19 december 1971- name is karen pickering- nationality is british- club is ipswich swim club- birth place is brighton and hove , east sussex