Carina Bär facts for kids
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Carina Bär (born on January 23, 1990, in Heilbronn, Germany) is a famous German rower. She is known for her amazing achievements in the sport. Carina has won medals at the biggest rowing events in the world, including the Olympic Games.
She competed in the women's quadruple sculls, which is a type of boat where four rowers each use two oars. Carina has been a key part of the German rowing team for many years.
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Olympic Success: Gold and Silver Medals
Carina Bär has achieved great success at the Olympic Games. These are the biggest sports events in the world.
Winning Gold in Rio
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Carina and her German teammates won the gold medal. The team included Carina Bär, Annekatrin Thiele, Julia Lier, and Lisa Schmidla. They worked together perfectly to win the top prize in the women's quadruple sculls.
Silver Medal in London
Four years earlier, at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Carina also won an Olympic medal. She and her team earned the silver medal in the same event. This showed her consistent talent and dedication to rowing.
World Championship Achievements
Carina Bär has also had a fantastic career at the World Rowing Championships. These competitions bring together the best rowers from around the globe.
Two Gold Medals at Worlds
Carina won her first World Championship gold medal in 2013. She was part of the winning team with Annekatrin Thiele, Julia Richter, and Britta Oppelt.
The next year, in 2014, Carina, Annekatrin Thiele, Lisa Schmidla, and Julia Lier won gold again. They even set a new world's best time in the women's quadruple sculls. This record was still standing in January 2019.
Other World Medals
Carina also has other medals from the World Championships. In 2015, her team, which included Annekatrin Thiele, Lisa Schmidla, and Marie-Catherine Arnold, won a silver medal. She also earned a bronze medal in 2010 with Britta Oppelt, Julia Richter, and Tina Manker.
European Championship Victories
Carina Bär has also been very successful at the European Rowing Championships.
Multiple European Golds
In 2015 and 2016, Carina, Annekatrin Thiele, Lisa Schmidla, and Marie-Catherine Arnold won the European Championship gold medal. The 2016 win was special because it happened in Germany, in Brandenburg.
Carina had previously won a European title in 2013 with Annekatrin Thiele, Julia Richter, and Britta Oppelt. She also won a silver medal at the European Championships in 2010.
Junior Career Highlights
Before becoming a senior champion, Carina Bär also showed great promise as a junior rower.
Under 23 and Junior World Medals
In 2011, she won a silver medal in the single sculls at the World Under 23 Championships. She had won a bronze medal in the same event in 2009. Her very first World title was in 2008, when she won the women's Junior Single Sculls World Championship.
External links
- Carina Baer at World Rowing (archived)
- Carina Baer at Olympics.com (archived: OlympicChannel.com and Olympic.org)
- Carina Bär at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 22: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Carina Bär at Olympedia
See also
In Spanish: Carina Bär para niños
