Kristen Kit
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| Full name | Kristen Kit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 August 1988 St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2019 | InstaFund La Prima | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2020 | InstaFund La Prima | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | University of British Columbia Rowing Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Michelle Darvill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kristen Kit (born August 18, 1988) is a Canadian multi-sports athlete, who competes as a coxswain in both women's eights and mixed coxed four rowing events, and who most recently rode for UCI Women's Continental Team InstaFund La Prima in road bicycle racing.[1][2]
In rowing, Kit competes in international events where she has won six medals in eights and coxed fours.[3][4][5] She represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics as the coxwain of the women's eight boat.[6] At the Olympics, the boat won the gold medal, Canada's first in the event since 1992.[7][8]
References[edit]
- ^ "InstaFund La Prima". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Kristen Kit". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
- ^ "Kristen Kit - Canadian Paralympic Committee". Canadian Paralympic Committee. 15 January 2020.
- ^ "Kristen Kit - World Rowing". World Rowing. 15 January 2020.
- ^ "Kristen Kit - Rowing Canada". Rowing Canada. 15 January 2020.
- ^ Dheensaw, Cleve. "Cycling injury during training could keep rower from Tokyo Olympics". Times Colonist. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
- ^ Nichols, Paula (29 July 2021). "Team Canada women's eight wins rowing gold at Tokyo 2020". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ Smart, Zack (29 July 2021). "Canada's women's eight rowing crew captures Olympic gold for 1st time in 29 years". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
External links[edit]
- Kristen Kit at UCI
- Kristen Kit at ProCyclingStats
- Kristen Kit at Cycling Quotient
- Kristen Kit at World Rowing
- Kristen Kit at Paralympic.org
- Kristen Kit at Olympedia
- Kristen Kit at the Canadian Olympic Committee
- Kristen Kit at the Canadian Paralympic Committee
Categories:
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Canadian female rowers
- Canadian female cyclists
- Canadian coxswains (rowing)
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Rowers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Rowers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Rowers from St. Catharines
- Paralympic medalists in rowing
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Canada
- Paralympic rowers for Canada
- Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- Olympic gold medalists for Canada
- Canadian people of Ukrainian descent
- World Rowing Championships medalists for Canada
- Rowers at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games medalists in rowing