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Representing  United States
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1991 Tacen | K-1 team |
Kirsten Venetta Brown, also known as Kirsten Brown-Fleshman (June 11, 1963 – October 21, 2006), was an American slalom canoeist 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."
She first kayaked as a child at Valley Mill Camp in Maryland. She studied political science at MIT, gaining BA in 1986. And worked at Arthur Andersen from 1987-1989. She died, "aged 43," from breast cancer, in Washington, D.C. She was married and "divorced from George Michael Fleshman."
References※
- ^ Hente, Karl; Nakamura, David; Robbins, Liz; Wang, Gene (July 22, 1992). "Area Olympians". Washington Post. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ Fisher Forde, Tina (July 13, 1992). "Wet and Wild - Slalom Races Added——to Canoe and Kayak Competition". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
- ^ Obituary, chicagotribune.com. Accessed April 14, 2022.
- ^ Schudel, Matt (November 12, 2006). "Medal-Winning Whitewater Kayaker Kirsten V. Brown". Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
Sources※
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived November 9, 2009)
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