Kevin Light
Canadian rower (b. 1979)
Kevin Richard Light (born May 16, 1979) is a Canadian rower .
Early life
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
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] [ 3]
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1962 : Meyer , Plagemann , Aeffke , Behrens , Wallbrecht , von Groddeck , Ingo Kliefoth , Bernd Kruse , cox Ahrens )1966 : Meyer , Schreyer , Schwan , Luhn , Hertel , Henning , Ulbricht , Kuhn , cox Niehusen )1970 : Borchmann , Jobst , Zander , Gust , Martens , Ahrendt , Foppke , Puls , cox Zahn )1974 : Shealy , Stevenson , Cashin , Norelius , Everett , Vespoli , Mickelson , Brown , cox Weinberg )1975 : Arndt , Döhn , Wendisch , Ulrich , Klatt , Kostulski , Karnatz , Prudöhl , cox Ludwig )1977 : Sredzki , Lindner , Gottschalt , Kons , Lück , Frieberg , Karnatz , Gunkel , cox Jahncke )1978 : Schumann , Karnatz , Sredzki , Ebert , Ulrich , Jährling , Dühring , Höing , cox Kaiser )1979 : Schiller , Friedrich , Wenzel , Ulrich , Höing , Karnatz , Krauß , Rodewald , cox Ludwig )1981 : Gudauskas , Solomakhin , Krilov , Diduk , Narushaitis , Narmontas , Pinskus , Maystrenka , cox Nizhegorodov )1982 : O'Connell , Stanley , Stevenson , Keys , White-Parsons , White , Brook , Rodger , cox Hay )1983 : Stanley , Stevenson , Rodger , White-Parsons , White , Mabbott , Keys , Atherfold , cox Hay )1985 : Komarov , Diduk , Pinskus , But , Omelyanovich , Hurkovskiy , Voloshin , Vasilyev , cox Dmytrenko )1986 : Galloway , Batten , Cooper , McKay , Doyle , Tomkins , Popa , Evans , cox Caterson )1987 : Teti , Smith , Patton , Still , Nordell , McLaughlin , Burden , Pescatore , cox Bauer )1989 : Puttlitz , Keßlau , Steffes-Mies , Balster , Dietrich , Mauerwerk , Wessling , Baar , cox Klein )1990 : Baar , Balster , Dietrich , Korte , Richter , Steffes-Mies , Ungemach , Weyrauch , cox Klein )1991 : Steffes-Mies , Balster , Fischer , Streppelhoff , Hecht , Klapheck , Wessling , Baar , cox Klein )1993 : Baar , Hoeltzenbein , Lütkefels , Richter , Scholz , Steffes-Mies , Streppelhoff , von Ettingshausen , cox Thiede )1994 : Brown , Hall , Honebein , Kaehler , Klepacki , Koven , McKibbon , Smith , cox Segaloff )1995 : Baar , Forster , Kirchhoff , Landvoigt , Lerche , Richter , Sator , Weber , cox Thiede )1997 : Ahrens , Bea , Henry , Kaehler , Miller , Richter , Wherley , Cummins , cox Cipollone )1998 : Ahrens , Collins , Kaehler , Klepacki , Miller , Volpenhein , Welsh , Wherley , cox Cipollone )1999 : Volpenhein , Kaehler , Collins , Welsh , Wherley , Klepacki , Miller , Ahrens , cox Cipollone )2001 : Măstăcan , Corbeanu , Nemțoc , Florariu , Cornea , Bănică , Pîrvan , Măstăcan , cox Gheorghe )2002 : Swick , Light , Rutledge , Hamilton , Stankevicius , Hoskins , Kreek , Powell , cox Price )2003 : Stankevicius , Light , Rutledge , Hamilton , Calder , Hoskins , Kreek , Powell , cox Price )2005 : Daniels , Deakin , Coppola , Beery , Inman , Volpenhein , Hoopman , McElhenney , cox Blomquist )2006 : Dießner , Schulte , Koltzk , Stüer , Tebrügge , Siemes , Engelmann , Heidicker , cox Thiede )2007 : Light , Rutledge , Byrnes , Wetzel , Howard , Seiterle , Kreek , Hamilton , cox Price )2009 : Käufer , Hauffe , Mennigen , Wilke , Schmidt , Adamski , Seifert , Schmidt , cox Sauer )2010 : Hauffe , Reinelt , Wilke , Mennigen , Schmidt , Müller , Seifert , Schmidt , cox Sauer )2011 : Hauffe , Kuffner , Johannesen , Reinelt , Schmidt , Müller , Mennigen , Wilke , cox Sauer )2013 : Ritchie , Ransley , Gregory , Reed , Sbihi , Triggs Hodge , Nash , Satch , cox Hill )2014 : Reilly-O'Donnell , Tarrant , Satch , Gotrel , Reed , Bennett , Ransley , Louloudis , cox Hill )2015 : Gotrel , Louloudis , Reed , Bennett , Sbihi , Gregory , Nash , Satch , cox Hill )2017 : Weißenfeld , Wimberger , Planer , Johannesen , Schneider , Jakschik , Schmidt , Ocik , cox Sauer )2018 : Weißenfeld , Wimberger , Planer , Johannesen , Schneider , Jakschik , Schmidt , Ocik , cox Sauer )2019 : Weißenfeld , Follert , Reinhardt , Johannesen , Schneider , Jakschik , Schmidt , Ocik , cox Sauer )2022 : Gibbs , Bolding , Bewicke-Copley , Carnegie , Elwes , Digby , Rudkin , Ford , cox Brightmore )2023 : Dawson , Bolding , Gibbs , Carnegie , Elwes , Digby , Rudkin , Ford , cox Brightmore )
