Kristen Kit

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Kristen Kit
Personal information
Full nameKristen Kit
Born (1988-08-18) 18 August 1988 (age 33)
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
Rowing
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Eight
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Mixed coxed four
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Sarasota Women's eights
Silver medal – second place 2018 Plovdiv Women's eights
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Chungju Women's eights
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Aiguebelette Mixed coxed four
World U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place Women's eights

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 level 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]

Personal life[]

Kit is of Ukrainian origin. Her grandfather was born in Ukraine.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "InstaFund La Prima". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Kristen Kit". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  3. ^ "Kristen Kit - Canadian Paralympic Committee". Canadian Paralympic Committee. 15 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Kristen Kit - World Rowing". World Rowing. 15 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Kristen Kit - Rowing Canada". Rowing Canada. 15 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Dheensaw, Cleve. "Cycling injury during training could keep rower from Tokyo Olympics". Times Colonist. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Чемпіонка Олімпіади-2020: пишаюся, що мої предки – українці". OBOZREVATEL NEWS (in Ukrainian). 2021-08-01. Retrieved 2021-08-02.

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