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Full name | Kristen Kit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada | August 18, 1988|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
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