Kristen Kit

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.

Kristen Kit
Personal information
Full nameKristen Kit
Born (1988-08-18) 18 August 1988
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
2020 TokyoEight
World Championships
2017 SarasotaEight
2018 PlovdivEight
2013 ChungjuEight
2022 RačiceEight
World U23 Championships
2010 BrestEight
Pan American Games
2023 SantiagoEight
Pararowing
Paralympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroLTA mixed
coxed four
World Championships
2015 Aiguebelette-le-lacLTA mixed
coxed four

In rowing, Kit competes in international events where she has won six medals in eights and coxed fours. She represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics as the coxwain of the women's eight boat. At the Olympics, the boat won the gold medal, Canada's first in the event since 1992.

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