[3] Tala Abujbara learned to row while studying at Williams College, where a coach saw her potential, and she joined the team.
[4] In August 2018, she qualified for Repechages and ranked sixth in Palembang women’s single sculls of rowing at the 2018 Asian Games.
She qualified for the Tokyo Olympics after reaching a time of 8:20 minutes at the Asia and Oceania Rowing Qualification Championship.
[8] On 6 July 2021, the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) announced that Tala Abujbara was appointed the first Qatari female athlete to represent Qatar in Rowing at the Olympic Games.
[9][10][11] On 22 July 2021, the QOC announced that Tala Abujbara, along with Mohammed Al-Rumaihi, would raise Qatar’s flag at the opening of the Tokyo Olympics.