Karen Kraft
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| Born | May 3, 1969 (age 56) San Mateo, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Karen Kraft (born May 3, 1969) is an American rower and two-time Olympic medal winner.[1][2]
Early life
Kraft graduated from Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo in 1991 with a degree in architecture.[3]
Olympics career
Kraft won a silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Games for coxless pair rowing (via 7:01.78 with Missy Schwen), and later won bronze in the same event at the 2000 Olympics (in 7:13).
Coaching
She was a university assistant coach for women's rowing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 2007 to 2013. She is a yoga teacher at Inner Fire Yoga and a personal trainer at Functional Integrated Training in Madison.
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Karen Kraft". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016.
- ^ "Karen KRAFT". World Rowing. Archived from the original on June 23, 2017.
- ^ "With charm in place, Poly grad wins semi". San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune. AP. July 26, 1996. pp. C1.
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