KOHLER Kara

United States of America
Rowing
20 Jan 1991
30
Female
CLAYTON, CA
 
United States of America

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ROW Rowing Women's Single Sculls 9

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Sea Forest Waterway
Women's Single Sculls Heat 1
#7
Finished
Sea Forest Waterway
Women's Single Sculls Quarterfinal 1
#63
Finished
Sea Forest Waterway
Women's Single Sculls Semifinal A/B 2
#106
Finished
Sea Forest Waterway
Women's Single Sculls Final B
#125
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
YearLocation4x
2012London, GBR3

World Championships
YearLocation1x4-4x
2019Linz, AUT3--
2018Plovdiv, BUL4--
2017Sarasota, FL, USA--5
2013Chungju, KOR--5
2011Bled, SLO-1-

World Cup
RankEventYearLocationResult
2Single Sculls2021Lucerne, SUI7:29.57
4Single Sculls2019Poznan, POL8:05.90
4Single Sculls2018Lucerne, SUI7:39.18
7Single Sculls2018Belgrade, SRB7:24.63


Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, EXC - Excluded
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Camping, swimming, triathlons, cooking, baking. (usrowing.org, 01 Sep 2019)
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Athlete
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Environmental Studies - University of California, Berkeley, United States of America
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English
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Laurel Korholz [national]; Tom Terhaar [national]
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Her cousin Matt Relei played American football in college. Her uncle Kenny Ericsson competed in swimming at college level in New Mexico, United States of America. (calbears.com, 02 Mar 2012)
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She began rowing in 2009 during her freshman year at the University of California, Berkeley in the United States of America. (cnn.com, 16 Mar 2012; LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2020)
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She was a swimmer in high school but a family friend suggested she should try rowing. (cnn.com, 16 Mar 2012)
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To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (pioneerpublishers.com, Oct 2019, Sep 2019)
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She trains at the US Rowing national training centre in Princeton, NJ, United States of America. (row2k.com, 16 Oct 2019)
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US rower Jill Costello. (usrowing.org, 01 Sep 2019)
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Her parents. (usrowing.org, 01 Sep 2019)
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"Enjoy the process a little more because no one's perfect from the start." (row2k.com, 16 Oct 2019)
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She was named US Rowing Female Athlete of the Year for 2019. (pioneerpublishers.com, Oct 2019)

While competing for the University of California, Berkeley she was named the Pac-10 Conference Newcomer of the Year in 2010. (usrowing.org, 01 Sep 2019)

General Interest

General
DISCIPLINE SWITCH
She mostly competed in the US women's four earlier in her career before switching to single sculls in 2018. "It all stems from not making the Rio [2016 Olympic] team and wanting to get better. So the single is the perfect opportunity to improve and 2018 was my first season in that event where I had a good world championships by making the A final [fourth place], which was my main goal. To then finish my 2019 season with a bronze at a world championships I was even happier. Thanks to my teammates I cannot wait to see what we are capable of accomplishing during 2020." (row2k.com, 16 Oct 2019; pioneerpublishers.com, 01 Oct 2019, 01 Sep 2019)

CHANGING SPORTS
A swimmer in high school, she was unable to get a scholarship for any of the colleges she wanted and was intrigued by the idea of starting a new sport. "I did not train [in rowing] at all before I got to college because I was still swimming at that point. I asked [University of California, Berkeley head coach] Dave [O'Neill] if I should start training rowing, or whatever, since I didn't know what the routine or regimen was and he just told me to keep doing what I'm doing. He just wanted me to keep my fitness and not develop any bad habits so he could take me and mould me." (cnn.com, 16 Mar 2012)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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