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American rower (born 1991)

FullnameKara Michelle Kohler

Born (1991-01-20) January 20, 1991 (age 34)
Clayton, California, U.S.

Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)

Weight181 lb (82 kg)

Kara Kohler

Personal information

Full name

Kara Michelle Kohler

Born

(1991-01-20) January 20, 1991 (age 34)
Clayton, California, U.S.

Height

6 ft 2 in (188 cm)

Weight

181 lb (82 kg)

Sport

Country

United States

Sport

Rowing

Event(s)

Single sculls, Quadruple sculls, Coxless four

Medal record

Women's rowing

Representing United States
Olympic Games
	2012 London	Quadruple sculls
World Championships
	2011 Bled	Coxless four
	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.

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

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