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Karen Kraft (born May 3, 1969) is an American rower and two-time Olympic medal winner. [1] [2]
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Karen Kraft (born May 3, 1969) is an American rower and two-time Olympic medal winner. [1] [2]
Kraft graduated from Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo in 1991 with a degree in architecture. [3]
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).
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.[ citation needed ]
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