Karen Kraft


Karen Kraft 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, and later won bronze in the same event at the 2000 Olympics.

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.