Kevin Light

He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia but has lived in Victoria since 1985.

He began rowing in grade 12 at Stelly's Secondary School, from which he graduated in 1997. He was enrolled at the University of Victoria from 1997 until 2001, where he was part of numerous Canadian University Rowing Championships teams. The highlight of his university rowing career came in 2001 when the University of Victoria beat the University of Washington at the Opening Day Regatta.

Light graduated from the Victoria Motion Picture School in 2004/2005 and then the Western Academy of Photography in 2008/2009, where he studied photojournalism.

Light won the gold medal at both the 2002 and 2003 World Rowing Championships in the eight. He competed in the eight at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he and his crew finished fifth. At the 2006 World Rowing Championships, Light represented Canada along with fellow Victoria rower Malcolm Howard in the men's coxless pair, where they won the bronze medal. In 2007, Light won the gold medal in the eight.

He was named to the Canadian men's eight for the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he won the gold medal with Andrew Byrnes, Kyle Hamilton, Malcolm Howard, Adam Kreek, Ben Rutledge, Dominic Sieterle, Jake Wetzel and cox Brian Price.{{cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/olympics/story/?id=246638&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_olympics |title=Gold in Men's Eight, Bronze in Women's Double, Men's Four |author=The Canadian Press|access-date=2008-08-18|date=2008-08-18|publisher=TSN.ca}}

In September 2012, he was brought on at Claremont Secondary School as a coach and manager. For his debut as head coach at the CSSRA in St. Catharines, Ontario, Light led the team to gold medals in three different events: the senior women's quad, the junior men's double and the junior men's quad.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cssra.ca/results/4562901445|title = Results - CSSRA|date = 11 April 2019}} He coached throughout the next three years, leaving in June 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://claremont.sd63.bc.ca/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=758|title = Claremont: Kevin Light - 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist new CSI Rowing Coach}}

{{Reflist}}

• {{sports links}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080816043500/http://www.rowingcanada.org/national_team/bios/hwt_men_2007/ Rowing Canada – Hwt. Men – 2007 Team]
• http://kevinlight.photoshelter.com
• http://500px.com/kevinlightphotography
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927011401/http://www.realchampions.ca/athletes/klight Kevin Light] on Real Champions
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3NB9toJgGQ Balls Away]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fmZmKsL5eE ROWING "INCHES"]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZDGONPx-44 kevin's erg video]

{{Olympic champions – Men's eight}}

{{World champions – Men's eight}}

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Category:1979 births

Category:Living people

Category:Canadian male rowers

Category:Olympic rowers for Canada

Category:Olympic gold medalists for Canada

Category:Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Category:Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Category:Rowers from Vancouver

Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic medalists in rowing

Category:University of Victoria alumni