2021 Women's Rowing - Open Roster
Thiele, Klara

Klara Thiele
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Luisenschule
- Hometown:
- Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Bio
Awards:
NCAA 1V Bronze Medal (2023)
Ivy League 1V Gold Medal (2023)
Ivy League 2V Bronze Medal (2024)
Second-Team All-Ivy (2024)
2024: Spent all season at the 2V except for helping the 1V over Penn … Paced the 2V over Brown, Harvard, Rutgers, USC, Columbia, Northeastern and Notre Dame during the regular season … Helped the 2V to bronze at the Ivy League Championships … Corralled sixth overall for the 2V at the NCAA Rowing Championships.
2023: Rowed for the varsity eight that do not lose in the regular season, the first time the boat had done that since 2019 … Won the Class of 1987 trophy over Brown and Rhode Island … Took home the Class of 1975 Cup with victories over No. 14 Harvard and Cornell … Helped the varsity eight defeat No. 1 Texas, ending the Longhorn’s 22-race winning streak … Defeated No. 8 Penn … Won gold at the Ivy League Championships, helping the program win its fourth straight Ivy crown and third consecutive Ivy League team title … Led the first varsity to a bronze medal at the NCAA Rowing Championships, earning the boat’s second consecutive medal at NCAAs … Helped the Tigers to third place in the NCAA Team Standings, marking the first time in program history that Princeton finished top three in consecutive seasons.
2022: Rowed the entire season at 2V … Helped the 2V to fifth place at the NCAA Championships … Part of the Tigers’ squad that finished third at the NCAA Championships, the program’s best mark since 1997.
2021: Rowed for the V8 that placed 10th at the NCAA Championships (May 30).
Before Princeton:
RRGM: Vice world champion in 2018.
Personal: Daughter of Kristin and Peter Thiele
NCAA 1V Bronze Medal (2023)
Ivy League 1V Gold Medal (2023)
Ivy League 2V Bronze Medal (2024)
Second-Team All-Ivy (2024)
2024: Spent all season at the 2V except for helping the 1V over Penn … Paced the 2V over Brown, Harvard, Rutgers, USC, Columbia, Northeastern and Notre Dame during the regular season … Helped the 2V to bronze at the Ivy League Championships … Corralled sixth overall for the 2V at the NCAA Rowing Championships.
2023: Rowed for the varsity eight that do not lose in the regular season, the first time the boat had done that since 2019 … Won the Class of 1987 trophy over Brown and Rhode Island … Took home the Class of 1975 Cup with victories over No. 14 Harvard and Cornell … Helped the varsity eight defeat No. 1 Texas, ending the Longhorn’s 22-race winning streak … Defeated No. 8 Penn … Won gold at the Ivy League Championships, helping the program win its fourth straight Ivy crown and third consecutive Ivy League team title … Led the first varsity to a bronze medal at the NCAA Rowing Championships, earning the boat’s second consecutive medal at NCAAs … Helped the Tigers to third place in the NCAA Team Standings, marking the first time in program history that Princeton finished top three in consecutive seasons.
2022: Rowed the entire season at 2V … Helped the 2V to fifth place at the NCAA Championships … Part of the Tigers’ squad that finished third at the NCAA Championships, the program’s best mark since 1997.
2021: Rowed for the V8 that placed 10th at the NCAA Championships (May 30).
Before Princeton:
RRGM: Vice world champion in 2018.
Personal: Daughter of Kristin and Peter Thiele
Princeton Athletics 2023-24 Highlights
Tuesday, June 04
Highlights from 2022 Gary Walters ’67 PVC Awards Banquet
Wednesday, June 22
Princeton Athletics 2021-22 Highlights
Monday, June 06
Thank You for Roaring Forward on TAGD 2021
Wednesday, December 01