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{{short description|Canadian rower (b. 1979)}}
{{Infobox athlete
|birth_place=[[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], Canada
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1979|5|16}}
|nationality=Canadian
|medaltemplates=
{{Medal|Sport| Men's [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{CAN}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Rowing at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's eight|Eight]]}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[World Rowing Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2002 World Rowing Championships|2002 Seville]]|Eight}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2003 World Rowing Championships|2003 Milan]]|Eight}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2007 World Rowing Championships|2007 Oberschleißheim]]|Eight}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2006 World Rowing Championships|2006 Dorney]]|Coxless pair}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2011 World Rowing Championships|2011 Bled]]|Coxed pair}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Rowing U23 Championships|Nations Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|2000 Copenhagen|Coxless pair}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[World Rowing Cup|World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|2003 Lucerne|Eight}}
{{Medal|Gold|2004 Oberschleißheim|Eight}}
{{Medal|Gold|2004 Lucerne|Eight}}
{{Medal|Gold|2007 Ottensheim|Eight}}
{{Medal|Gold|2007 Lucerne|Eight}}
{{Medal|Gold|2008 Lucerne|Eight}}
{{Medal|Silver|2006 Oberschleißheim|Coxless pair}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2002 Lucerne|Eight}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[Henley Royal Regatta]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|2002 Grand Challenge Cup|Eight}}
{{Medal|Gold|2003 Grand Challenge Cup|Eight}}
{{Medal|Gold|2007 Grand Challenge Cup|Eight}}
}}
'''Kevin Richard Light''' (born May 16, 1979) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[Rowing (sport)|rower]]. 

==Early life==
He was born in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]] but has lived in [[Victoria, British Columbia|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 World Rowing Championships|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 (rower)|Malcolm Howard]] in the men's coxless pair, where they won the bronze medal. In [[2007 World Rowing Championships|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 (rower)|Kyle Hamilton]], [[Malcolm Howard (rower)|Malcolm Howard]], [[Adam Kreek]], [[Ben Rutledge]], [[Dominic Sieterle]], [[Jake Wetzel]] and cox [[Brian Price (rower)|Brian Price]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://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|access-date=2008-08-18|date=2008-08-18|publisher=[[The Sports Network|TSN.ca]]}}</ref>

In September 2012, he was brought on at [[Claremont Secondary School]] as a coach and manager. For his debut as head coach at the [[Canadian Secondary School Rowing Association|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cssra.ca/results/4562901445|title = Results - CSSRA|date = 11 April 2019}}</ref> He coached throughout the next three years, leaving in June 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://claremont.sd63.bc.ca/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=758|title = Claremont: Kevin Light - 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist new CSI Rowing Coach}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{sports links}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080816043500/http://www.rowingcanada.org/national_team/bios/hwt_men_2007/ Rowing Canada – Hwt. Men – 2007 Team]
* http://kevinlight.photoshelter.com
* http://500px.com/kevinlightphotography
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927011401/http://www.realchampions.ca/athletes/klight Kevin Light] on Real Champions
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3NB9toJgGQ ''Balls Away'']
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fmZmKsL5eE ''ROWING "INCHES"'']
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZDGONPx-44 ''kevin's erg video'']

{{Olympic champions – Men's eight}}
{{World champions – Men's eight}}

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[[Category:1979 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Canadian male rowers]]
[[Category:Olympic rowers for Canada]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Canada]]
[[Category:Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Rowers from Vancouver]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in rowing]]
[[Category:University of Victoria alumni]]