Kristen Kit

Kristen Kit

Personal information
Full name	Kristen Kit
Born	(1988-08-18) August 18, 1988 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	Canada
Sport	Rowing (sport) Road bicycle racing
Club	University of British Columbia Rowing Club
Coached by	Michelle Darvill
Medal record Representing Canada Women's rowing Olympic Games File:Olympic rings.svg Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Eight Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Eight World Championships Silver medal – second place 2017 Sarasota Eight Silver medal – second place 2018 Plovdiv Eight Bronze medal – third place 2013 Chungju Eight Bronze medal – third place 2022 Račice Eight World U23 Championships Bronze medal – third place 2010 Brest Eight Pan American Games Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Eight Pararowing Paralympic Games Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro LTA mixed coxed four World Championships Bronze medal – third place 2015 Aiguebelette-le-lac LTA mixed coxed four

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.

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.