Kristen Kit
Canadian rower and cyclist
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Full name | Kristen Kit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1988-08-18) 18 August 1988 (age 35) St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2019 | InstaFund La Prima | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2020 | InstaFund La Prima | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club | University of British Columbia Rowing Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Michelle Darvill | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 28 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Kristen Kit". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. 15 June 2021. 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 (23 June 2021). "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
- Kristen Kit at UCI
- Kristen Kit at ProCyclingStats
- Kristen Kit at Cycling Quotient
- Kristen Kit at World Rowing
- Kristen Kit at Paralympic.org
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Olympic champions – Women's coxed eight