Personal information | |
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Full name | Kristen Kit |
Born | (1988-08-18)August 18, 1988 (age 36) St. Catharines,Ontario, Canada |
Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) |
Cycling career | |
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Amateur team | |
2019 | InstaFund La Prima |
Professional team | |
2020 | InstaFund La Prima |
Sport | |
Country | ![]() |
Sport | |
Club | University of British Columbia Rowing Club |
Coached by | Michelle Darvill |
Medal record |
Kristen Kit (born August 18, 1988) is a Canadian multi-sports athlete, who competes as acoxswain in both women'seights and mixedcoxed four rowing events, and who most recently rode forUCI Women's Continental TeamInstaFund 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]