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Karen Kraft

Personal information
Born	May 3, 1969 (1969-05-03) (age 55) San Mateo, California, U.S.
Medal record Women's rowing Representing  United States Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Coxless pair 2000 Sydney Coxless pair World Championships 1995 Tampere Coxless pair Pan American Games 1999 Winnipeg Coxless pair

Karen Kraft (born May 3, 1969) is an American rower and two-time Olympic medal winner.

Early life

Kraft graduated from Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo in 1991 with a degree in architecture.

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

1. 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.
2. "Karen KRAFT". World Rowing. Archived from the original on June 23, 2017.
3. "With charm in place, Poly grad wins semi". San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune. AP. July 26, 1996. pp. C1.

External links

• Karen Kraft at World Rowing
• Karen Kraft at Olympics.com
• Karen Kraft at Olympedia (archive)

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