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 January 28, 2020. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  2. ^ "Kristen Kit". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. June 15, 2021. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  3. ^ "Kristen Kit - Canadian Paralympic Committee". Canadian Paralympic Committee. January 15, 2020.
  4. ^ "Kristen Kit - World Rowing". World Rowing. January 15, 2020.
  5. ^ "Kristen Kit - Rowing Canada". Rowing Canada. January 15, 2020.
  6. ^ Dheensaw, Cleve (June 23, 2021). "Cycling injury during training could keep rower from Tokyo Olympics". Times Colonist. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  7. ^ Nichols, Paula (July 29, 2021). "Team Canada women's eight wins rowing gold at Tokyo 2020". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  8. ^ Smart, Zack (July 29, 2021). "Canada's women's eight rowing crew captures Olympic gold for 1st time in 29 years". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristen_Kit
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