Kara Jane Chesworth (née Francis; born 4 January 1972 in Portsmouth, England) is an English-born Welsh racing cyclist. She represented Wales at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Chesworth took up cycling in 2005 in order to get fit, and first competed in a circuit race in Tywyn in 2007. She placed 8th in the 2010 British Women's road race championships, and won the British women's road race series.