Kristen Kit

{{short description|Canadian rower and cyclist}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Kristen Kit

| fullname = Kristen Kit

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| sport = {{ubl|Rowing (sport)|Road bicycle racing}}

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| club = University of British Columbia Rowing Club

| coach = Michelle Darvill

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|08|18|mf=y}}

| birth_place = St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

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| height = 163 cm

| weight = 55 kg

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| module = {{Infobox cyclist

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| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

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| amateuryears1 = 2019

| amateurteam1 = {{UCI team code|ILP|2019}}

| proyears1 = 2020

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|ILP|2020}}

| child = yes

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| country = {{CAN}}

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{CAN}}}}

{{MedalSport|Women's rowing}}

{{MedalOlympic}}

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{{MedalGold|2020 Tokyo|Eight}}

{{MedalSilver|2024 Paris|Eight}}

{{MedalComp|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2017 Sarasota|Eight}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Plovdiv|Eight}}

{{MedalBronze|2013 Chungju|Eight}}

{{MedalBronze|2022 Račice|Eight}}

{{MedalComp|World U23 Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2010 Brest|Eight}}

{{MedalComp|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalGold|2023 Santiago|Eight}}

{{MedalSport|Pararowing}}

{{MedalComp|Paralympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2016 Rio de Janeiro|LTA mixed
coxed four}}

{{MedalComp|World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2015 Aiguebelette-le-lac|LTA mixed
coxed four}}

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{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}}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 {{UCI team code|ILP|2020}} in road bicycle racing.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14245/2003452/258|title=InstaFund La Prima|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=28 January 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128211557/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14245/2003452/258|archivedate=28 January 2020}}{{Cite web|title=Kristen Kit|url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/kirsten-kit/|access-date=2021-06-27|website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website|date=15 June 2021 |language=en-US}}

In rowing, Kit competes in international events where she has won six medals in eights and coxed fours.{{Cite web|url=https://paralympic.ca/team-canada/kristen-kit|title=Kristen Kit - Canadian Paralympic Committee|last=|first=|date=15 January 2020|website=Canadian Paralympic Committee|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/33750/kit-kristen|title=Kristen Kit - World Rowing|last=|first=|date=15 January 2020|website=World Rowing|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}{{Cite web|url=https://rowingcanada.org/team/kristen-kit/|title=Kristen Kit - Rowing Canada|last=|first=|date=15 January 2020|website=Rowing Canada|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}} She represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics as the coxwain of the women's eight boat.{{Cite web |last=Dheensaw |first=Cleve |title=Cycling injury during training could keep rower from Tokyo Olympics |url=https://www.timescolonist.com/sports/cycling-injury-during-training-could-keep-rower-from-tokyo-olympics-1.24334355|access-date=2021-06-27|website=Times Colonist|date=23 June 2021 }} At the Olympics, the boat won the gold medal, Canada's first in the event since 1992.{{cite web|url=https://olympic.ca/2021/07/29/team-canada-eight-wins-rowing-gold-at-tokyo-2020/|title=Team Canada women's eight wins rowing gold at Tokyo 2020|last=Nichols|first=Paula|date=29 July 2021|website=www.olympic.ca/|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|accessdate=29 July 2021}}{{cite web|last=Smart|first=Zack|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/rowing/canada-womens-eight-win-gold-medal-tokyo-olympics-1.6123139|title=Canada's women's eight rowing crew captures Olympic gold for 1st time in 29 years|date=29 July 2021|website=www.cbc.ca/|publisher=CBC Sports|access-date=29 July 2021}}