Karen Van Nest (born 29 September 1962) is a Canadian Paralympic archer and shooter.

At the 2014 Pan Am Championships she won bronze in the women's compound open and silver in mixed team.

[4][8] She won silver at the 2015 Parapan American Games in women’s compound open, losing by eight points to Jane Karla Gögel of Brazil.

[9] At the 2016 Summer Paralympics, Van Nest came fourth in the women's compound open.

[10] Van Nest won gold in the women’s compound open at the 2017 Para Pan American Championships[11] and bronze in the same event at the Championships the following year.