Kirsten Venetta Brown
| Medal record | ||
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| Women's canoe slalom | ||
Representing  United States
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| World Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1991 Tacen | K-1 team |
Kirsten Venetta Brown, also known as Kirsten Brown-Fleshman (1962/63 – 21 October 2006), was an American slalom canoer who competed in the early and mid-1990s. She won a bronze medal in the K-1 team event at the 1991 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Tacen. She missed out on competing in the 1992 Olympic games after part of her kayak touched a gate.[1]
She first kayaked as a child at Valley Mill Camp in Maryland. She studied political science at MIT, gaining a BA in 1986, and worked at Arthur Andersen from 1987-1989. She died aged 43 after suffering from breast cancer. She was married and divorced from George Michael Fleshman.[2]
References
- ↑ Fisher Forde, Tina (13 July 1992). "Wet and Wild - Slalom Races Added to Canoe and Kayak Competition". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
- ↑ Schudel, Matt (12 November 2006). "Medal-Winning Whitewater Kayaker Kirsten V. Brown". Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
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