Kristina Groves

Kristina Groves
Personal information
Born (1976-12-04) December 4, 1976 (age 47)
Ottawa, Ontario[1]
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st)
Sport
Country Canada
SportSpeed skating
Medal record
Women's speed skating
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Turin 1500 m
Silver medal – second place 2006 Turin Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2010 Vancouver 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Vancouver 3000 m
World Allround Championships
Silver medal – second place 2009 Hamar Allround
Silver medal – second place 2010 Heerenveen Allround
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Calgary Allround
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Berlin Allround
World Single Distance Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Salt Lake City Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2008 Nagano 3000 m
Gold medal – first place 2009 Vancouver Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2005 Inzell Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2008 Nagano 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2008 Nagano Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Inzell 3000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Salt Lake City 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Salt Lake City 5000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Nagano 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Nagano 5000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Vancouver 3000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Vancouver 5000 m
Updated on November 23, 2012

Kristina Nicole Groves (born December 4, 1976[1][2]) is a Canadian retired speed skater. She is Canada's most decorated skater in the World Single Distances Championships with 13 career medals in this event.[3] She won four Olympic medals: she won two silver medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, in the 1,500 meters and team pursuit,[2] and she won the silver medal in the 1500 m event and the bronze medal in the 3000 m event at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.[2]

As of 2012, she was ranked sixth on the women's Adelskalender, her teammates Cindy Klassen and Christine Nesbitt were ranked first and seventh respectively.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Kristina Grove: Official Canadian Olympic Team Website". Canadian Olympic Committee. 5 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference stats was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ http://vancouver.sportingnews.com/wolympics/athlete.asp?type=&country=CAN&page=SS&id=530688[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Adelskalender: Small combination Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved September 12, 2012.