Karin Larsen (born September 25, 1963 in New Westminster, British Columbia)[1] is a Canadian broadcaster and Olympic synchronised swimmer.
[2] Karin Larsen was born in 1963 in New Westminster, British Columbia, grew up in nearby Coquitlam, British Columbia, and later earned a Communications Degree from Simon Fraser University.
[2] Larsen, along with her younger sister Christine, distinguished herself as an elite amateur athlete in the field of synchronised swimming, winning a World Championship in team synchronised swimming in Madrid, Spain, in 1986 and competing in the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
[3][4] Larsen's career in the media began in 1988 as a sports researcher for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and since she began working as a sportscaster, she has been an announcer for six Olympic Games and four Paralympic Games, notably broadcasting the play-by-play for her own sister's silver medal performance in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
[2] Larsen also announced for synchronised swimming for CBC Sports at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.