Kara Kohler

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Kara Kohler
Personal information
Full nameKara Michelle Kohler
Born (1991-01-20) January 20, 1991 (age 33)
Clayton, California, U.S.
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight181 lb (82 kg)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportRowing
Event(s)Single sculls, Quadruple sculls, Coxless four
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Quadruple sculls
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Bled Coxless four
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Ottensheim Single sculls

Kara Michelle Kohler (/ˈkɛərə ˈkoʊlər/ KAIR-ə KOH-lər; born January 20, 1991)[1][2] is an American female crew rower. She won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the quadruple sculls event. She also has a World Championship gold medal in the coxless four and a World Championship bronze in the single sculls.

Career

Kohler swam through high school and started rowing at University of California, Berkeley.[3] In 2011, she was named a Division I first team All-American.[4] She was a member of the crew that won the I Eight at the 2013 NCAA Rowing Championships. Within two years of starting to row, she was part of the United States under-23 team, winning a gold medal in the women's eights at the 2010 U-23 World Championship.[3] In 2011 Kohler was part of the US team that won the coxless four at the World Championships, alongside Sarah Zelenka, Emily Regan and Sara Hendershot.[5] 2012 saw Kohler, Natalie Dell, Megan Kalmoe and Adrienne Martelli win bronze in the women's quadruple sculls at the Olympic Games.[6] She was not selected for the 2016 Summer Olympics, and nearly quit rowing.[7] After switching to the single sculls in 2018,[8] Kohler won the bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships.[9] That year, she was also named US Rowing's female Rower of the Year.[7] On February 26, 2021, Kohler won the USA Olympic Trials race for single sculls to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics[10] In 2022, Kohler won the Princess Royal Challenge Cup (the premier women's singles sculls event) at the Henley Royal Regatta, rowing for the Texas Rowing Center.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "KOHLER Kara". Paris 2024 Olympics. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Kara Kohler". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on August 1, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Kara KOHLER". worldrowing.com. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Kara Kohler – 2019 – Senior National Team". USRowing.org. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  5. ↑ "2011 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Bled, SLO – (W4-) Women's Four – Final". worldrowing.com. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  6. ↑ "2012 OLYMPIC GAMES – London, GBR – (W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls – Final". worldrowing.com. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Bedecarré, Jay (October 16, 2019). "Kara Kohler named USRowing female athlete of the year". pioneerpublishers.com. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  8. ↑ Bedecarré, Jay (September 1, 2019). "Clayton's Kara Kohler wins bronze medal at World Rowing Championships in Austria". pioneerpublishers.com. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  9. ↑ "2019 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Linz Ottensheim, AUT – (W1x) Women's Single Sculls – Final". worldrowing.com. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Kara Kohler is first U.S. rower to qualify for Tokyo Olympics". olympics.nbcsports.com. February 26, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Diamond Challenge Sculls, List of past winners". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved August 5, 2024.

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