Kara Kohler
Personal information
Full nameKara Michelle Kohler
NationalityAmerican
Born (1991-01-20) January 20, 1991
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  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2012 LondonQuadruple sculls
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 BledCoxless four
Bronze medal – third place2019 OttensheimSingle sculls

Kara Michelle 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.

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


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