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Kristen Kit

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Kristen Kit
Personal information
Full nameKristen Kit
Born (1988-08-18) August 18, 1988 (age 36)
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Cycling career
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2019InstaFund La Prima
Professional team
2020InstaFund La Prima
Sport
Country Canada
Sport
ClubUniversity of British Columbia Rowing Club
Coached byMichelle Darvill
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Women's rowing
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Eight
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Eight
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Sarasota Eight
Silver medal – second place 2018 Plovdiv Eight
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Chungju Eight
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Račice Eight
World U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Brest Eight
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Eight
Pararowing
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro LTA mixed
coxed four
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Aiguebelette-le-lac LTA mixed
coxed four

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

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  1. ^ "InstaFund La Prima". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on January 28, 2020. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  2. ^ "Kristen Kit". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. June 15, 2021. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  3. ^ "Kristen Kit - Canadian Paralympic Committee". Canadian Paralympic Committee. January 15, 2020.
  4. ^ "Kristen Kit - World Rowing". World Rowing. January 15, 2020.
  5. ^ "Kristen Kit - Rowing Canada". Rowing Canada. January 15, 2020.
  6. ^ Dheensaw, Cleve (June 23, 2021). "Cycling injury during training could keep rower from Tokyo Olympics". Times Colonist. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
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