Kevin Light

Kevin Light

Kevin Richard Light (born May 16, 1979) is a Canadian rower. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he is a student at the University of Victoria. He won the gold medal at both the 2003 and 2002 world championships for Canada's men's eight team in Milan, Italy and Seville, Spain respectively. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Light and his crew finished 5th in the finals of the men's eight.

In 2006 Light represented Canada along with Malcom Howard in the men's straight pair. The two combined to win a bronze medal in the 2006 World Rowing Championships at Eton, England.

In 2007 Light won the gold medal at world championship in the eight. Light has been named as to the Canadian men's eight for the 2008 Olympic games to be held in Beijing, China.

He has a sister named Heather Light who was born on June 23, 1981.

He won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's eights with Andrew Byrnes, Kyle Hamilton, Malcolm Howard, Adam Kreek, Ben Rutledge, Dominic Sieterle, Jake Wetzel and cox Brian Price. [cite news|url=http://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|accessdate=2008-08-18|date=2008-08-18|publisher=TSN.ca]

Videos

Kevin Light has produced many videos, including some that feature footage of the Canada Men's team training. One of them was an entry for a competition by Concept2. "Balls Away" was shot in San Francisco while on a training camp in 2007. It was done with the Sony Bravia commercial in mind.fact|date=August 2008

References

* [http://www.rowingcanada.org/national_team/bios/hwt_men_2007/ Rowing Canada - Hwt. Men - 2007 Team]
* [http://80.83.47.230/n_results.fwx World Rowing Results Database]
* [http://www.rowingone.com/ World Rowing Bio's]

External links

* [http://www.realchampions.ca/athletes/klight Kevin Light on Real Champions]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=g3NB9toJgGQ "Ball's Away"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fmZmKsL5eE "Inches"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZDGONPx-44 "Kevin's Erg Video"]


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