Kristen Kit

Canadian rower and cyclist
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
2019InstaFund La Prima
Professional team
2020InstaFund La Prima
Sport
Country Canada
Sport
  • Rowing (sport)
  • Road bicycle racing
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
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

  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.
  4. ^ "Kristen Kit - World Rowing". World Rowing. 15 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Kristen Kit - Rowing Canada". Rowing Canada. 15 January 2020.
  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.

External links

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Olympic champions – Women's coxed eight