Karina Wieland

From 1989 to 1992 Karina Wieland attended Geelong College, where she competed in netball, rowing, and athletics. In 1990 Wieland became an under-17 champion in the high jump before winning the National Schoolgirl Championship in the coxless fours rowing in 1992. After completing her education, she undertook a scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport, eventually making the Australian national rowing team. In 1996 Wieland was part of the eight crew that finished fifth at the Atlanta Olympics. One year prior to the Games she also competed in the coxless fours at the World Rowing Championships.

Wieland later graduated from the University of Canberra with a BSc in Sports Administration, which saw her work for the Australian Sport’s Commission. After relocating to Sydney she began her own corporate health business. She later worked as a netball coach with her daughters for the Australia and New Zealand Association in Singapore.