| Karen Bridge | |
| Birth Date: | 27 March 1960 |
| Birth Place: | Surrey, England |
| Death Place: | Surrey, England |
| Country: | England |
Karen Beckman (1960 – June 2020) was a female badminton player of England.
She won a bronze medals at the 1980 IBF World Championships in women's doubles with Barbara Sutton.
She represented England and won a gold medal in the team event, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. In addition she reached the quarter-finals of the doubles and mixed doubles.[1] [2]
Four years later, as Karen Beckman she represented England and won a gold medal in the team event and two silver medals in the women's doubles and mixed doubles, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[3] [4] The mixed doubles medal was with her brother, Duncan Bridge.
She was a coach for the Wilson Boys' School's badminton team and a part-time coach for the Wimbledon Racquets and Fitness Club's junior badminton team towards the end of her life.
She has a son, Ben Beckman, who has also successfully played badminton for England.
Beckman died of cancer in June 2020.[5] [6]