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Kevin Light

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Kevin Light
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1979-05-16) May 16, 1979 (age 45)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Eight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Seville Eight
Gold medal – first place 2003 Milan Eight
Gold medal – first place 2007 Oberschleißheim Eight
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Dorney Coxless pair
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Bled Coxed pair
Nations Cup
Silver medal – second place 2000 Copenhagen Coxless pair
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2003 Lucerne Eight
Gold medal – first place 2004 Oberschleißheim Eight
Gold medal – first place 2004 Lucerne Eight
Gold medal – first place 2007 Ottensheim Eight
Gold medal – first place 2007 Lucerne Eight
Gold medal – first place 2008 Lucerne Eight
Silver medal – second place 2006 Oberschleißheim Coxless pair
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Lucerne Eight
Henley Royal Regatta
Gold medal – first place 2002 Grand Challenge Cup Eight
Gold medal – first place 2003 Grand Challenge Cup Eight
Gold medal – first place 2007 Grand Challenge Cup Eight

Kevin Richard Light (born May 16, 1979) is a Canadian rower.

Early life

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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.

Career

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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.[1]

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.[2] He coached throughout the next three years, leaving in June 2015.[3]

References

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  1. ^ The Canadian Press (2008-08-18). "Gold in Men's Eight, Bronze in Women's Double, Men's Four". TSN.ca. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
  2. ^ "Results - CSSRA". 11 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Claremont: Kevin Light - 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist new CSI Rowing Coach".
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