Kristen Kit
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| Full name | Kristen Kit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 18, 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
- ^ "InstaFund La Prima". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on January 28, 2020. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
- ^ "Kristen Kit". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. June 15, 2021. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
- ^ "Kristen Kit - Canadian Paralympic Committee". Canadian Paralympic Committee. January 15, 2020.
- ^ "Kristen Kit - World Rowing". World Rowing. January 15, 2020.
- ^ "Kristen Kit - Rowing Canada". Rowing Canada. January 15, 2020.
- ^ Dheensaw, Cleve (June 23, 2021). "Cycling injury during training could keep rower from Tokyo Olympics". Times Colonist. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
- ^ Nichols, Paula (July 29, 2021). "Team Canada women's eight wins rowing gold at Tokyo 2020". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
- ^ Smart, Zack (July 29, 2021). "Canada's women's eight rowing crew captures Olympic gold for 1st time in 29 years". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
External links
- Kristen Kit at UCI
- Kristen Kit at ProCyclingStats
- Kristen Kit at Cycling Quotient
- Kristen Kit at World Rowing
- Kristen Kit at Olympics.com
- Kristen Kit at Paralympic.org
- Kristen Kit at Team Canada
- Kristen Kit at the Canadian Paralympic Committee
- Kristen Kit at Olympedia