Personal information | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Born | Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea | 9 January 1968
Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) |
Sailing career | |
Club | Middle Harbour Yacht Club |
Kristen Kosmala (born 9 February 1968) [1] is an Australian sailor who represented Australia at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Kosmala competed in the three-person keelboat (Yngling) event with skipper Nicky Bethwaite and fellow crew Karyn Gojnich. Their best performance was a second in race 8 and they finished thirteenth overall. [2] [3]
In March 2005 Yachting NSW appointed Kosmala coaching and programs manager. [4]
Kosmala won the NSW open apprentice masters radial laser and women's radial laser events in 2005/2006. She then finished 2nd in the 2006/2007 open apprentice masters radial laser event and 2nd in the open women's radial laser event in 2007/2008. [5]
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