Kristen Kit

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Kristen Kit
Personal information
Full nameKristen Kit
Born (1988-08-18) 18 August 1988 (age 35)
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Cycling career
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2019 InstaFund La Prima
Professional team
2020 InstaFund La Prima
Sport
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Sport
ClubUniversity of British Columbia Rowing Club
Coached byMichelle Darvill
Medal record
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Women's rowing
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Eight
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Sarasota Eight
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Plovdiv Eight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Chungju Eight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Račice Eight
World U23 Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2010 BrestEight
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Santiago Eight
Pararowing
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro LTA mixed
coxed four
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 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]

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References

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  2. "Kristen Kit". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
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  4. "Kristen Kit - World Rowing". World Rowing. 15 January 2020.
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