Karen Darke, MBE, FRSGS (born 25 June 1971) is a British paralympic cyclist, paratriathlete, adventurer and author. She competed at the 2016 Rio Paralympics winning Gold in the Women's road time trial, following her success in the 2012 London Paralympics winning a silver medal in the Women's road time trial H1-2. In October 2012, she competed in her first ITU Paratriathlon World Championships. She won the gold medal in her TRI-1 classification. She went on to compete for Scotland in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Australia, finishing 4th.