Carina Bär

Carina Bär (also spelled Baer; born 23 January 1990 in Heilbronn) is a German rower. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro she competed in the women's quadruple sculls competition in which the German team (Bär, Annekatrin Thiele, Julia Lier and Lisa Schmidla) won the gold medal.[1][2] She had previous won the silver medal in the same event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[3]

Carina Bär
Bär in 2018
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de JaneiroQuadruple sculls
Silver medal – second place2012 LondonQuadruple sculls
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 ChungjiuQuadruple sculls
Gold medal – first place2014 AmsterdamQuadruple sculls
Silver medal – second place2015 AiguebeletteQuadruple sculls
Bronze medal – third place2010 KarapiroQuadruple sculls
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 SevilleQuadruple sculls
Gold medal – first place2015 PoznanQuadruple sculls
Gold medal – first place2016 BrandenburgQuadruple sculls
Silver medal – second place2010 Montemor-o-velhoQuadruple sculls

At the World level, Bär won the 2013 title with Thiele, Julia Richter and Britta Oppelt.[4] Bär, Thiele, Schmidla and Lier won the 2014 World Championships in a world's best time (which remains the world's best time in January 2019).[5] The team of Bär, Thiele, Schmidla and Marie-Catherine Arnold won the silver medal at the 2015 World Championship in the women's quadruple sculls.[6] Bär also has a World bronze medal from 2010 (with Oppelt, Richter and Tina Manker).[7]

At the European level, the team of Bär, Thiele, Schmidla and Arnold won the 2015 and 2016 European Championship in the women's quadruple sculls, the latter on home water in Brandenburg.[8][9] Bär had previous won the European title with Thiele, Richter and Oppelt in 2013.[10] In 2010 she was part of the German women's quadruple sculls team that finished second.[11]

At Junior level, Bär won a silver in the single sculls at the 2011 World Under 23 Championships, having won a bronze in 2009.[12][13] She also won the women's Junior Single Sculls World title in 2008.[14]

References
  1. "Women's Quadruple Sculls". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  2. "2016 OLYMPIC GAMES REGATTA - Rio de Janeiro, BRA - (W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final". worldrowing.com. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carina Bär". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  4. "2013 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS -Chungju, KOR - (W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final". worldrowing.com. 31 August 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  5. "2014 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS -Amsterdam, NED - (W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final". worldrowing.com. 30 August 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  6. "2015 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS -Aiguebelette, FRA - (W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final". worldrowing.com. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  7. "2010 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS -Karapiro, NZL - (W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final". worldrowing.com. 5 November 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  8. "2015 EUROPEAN ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS -Poznan, POL - (W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final". worldrowing.com. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  9. "2016 EUROPEAN ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS -Brandenburg, GER - (W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final". worldrowing.com. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  10. "2013 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - Seville, ESP -(W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final". worldrowing.com. 2 June 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  11. "2010 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - Montemor-o-Velho, POR - (W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final". worldrowing.com. 12 September 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  12. "2011 UNDER 23 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Amsterdam, NED - (BW1x) U23 Women's Single Sculls - Final". worldrowing.com. 24 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  13. "2009 UNDER 23 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Racice, CZE - (BW1x) U23 Women's Single Sculls - Final". worldrowing.com. 26 July 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  14. "2008 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Linz Ottensheim, AUT - (JW1x) Junior Women's Single Sculls - Final". worldrowing.com. 26 July 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2019.


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