University of California Athletics

A fixture on the international rowing scene, Laurel Korholz has participated in every Olympic Games since 1996 as either a competitor or a coach. She graduated from Cal in 1993 as a two-time first-team All-Pac-12 selection and earned her first international medal in 1994, capturing a silver medal as part of the U.S. eight at the World Championships. Korholz eventually became an 11-time national team member and three-time Olympian (1996, 2000, 2004). At the Summer Games, she rowed in the U.S. eight in 1996 (4th), in the U.S. quad in 2000 (5th) and again in the U.S. eight in 2004 (silver). Korholz medaled in the eight at the World Championships in both 1993 (silver) and 1995 (gold). Since 2008, she has served as an assistant U.S. coach at three Olympics, most recently overseeing the women’s quadruple sculls in Rio in 2016. Korholz coached the women’s quadruple sculls to a world championship in 2015, while at the 2012 Olympics, she coach the quad to a bronze medal, a first for the United States.