Kara Kohler

Kara Kohler (born January 20, 1991)[1] 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.

Kara Kohler
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1991-01-20) January 20, 1991
Clayton, California, United States
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  United States
Olympic Games
2012 LondonQuadruple sculls
World Championships
2011 BledCoxless four
2019 OttensheimSingle sculls

Career

Kohler swam through high school and started rowing at University of California, Berkeley.[2] In 2011, she was named a Division I first team All-American.[3] 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.[2]

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.[4]

2012 saw Kohler, Natalie Dell, Megan Kalmoe and Adrienne Martelli win bronze in the women's quadruple sculls at the Olympic Games.[5] She was not selected for the 2016 Summer Olympics, and nearly quit rowing.[6]

After switching to the single sculls in 2018,[7] Kohler won the bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships.[8] That year, she was also named US Rowing's female Rower of the Year.[6]

On February 26, 2021, Kohler won the USA Olympic Trials race for single sculls to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics [9]

References
  1. "Kara Kohler". London2012.com. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  2. "Kara KOHLER". worldrowing.com. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  3. "Kara Kohler – 2019 – Senior National Team". USRowing. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  4. "2011 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Bled, SLO – (W4-) Women's Four – Final". worldrowing.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  5. "2012 OLYMPIC GAMES – London, GBR – (W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls – Final". worldrowing.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  6. Bedecarré, Jay (2019-10-16). "Kara Kohler named USRowing female athlete of the year |". Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  7. Bedecarré, Jay (2019-09-01). "Clayton's Kara Kohler wins bronze medal at World Rowing Championships in Austria |". Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  8. "2019 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Linz Ottensheim, AUT – (W1x) Women's Single Sculls – Final". worldrowing.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  9. "Kara Kohler is first U.S. rower to qualify for Tokyo Olympics". olympics.nbcsports.com. Retrieved 26 February 2021.


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