TEN HOVE Alexandra

Canada
Sailing
23 Dec 1995
25
Female
KINGSTON, ON
 
Canada
KINGSTON, ON
 
Canada

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SAL Sailing Women's Skiff - 49er FX
CAN
Canada
 16

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Enoshima
Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 01
#1
Finished
Followed by 		Enoshima
Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 02
#2
Finished
Followed by 		Enoshima
Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 03
#3
Finished
Sagami
Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 04
#4
Finished
Followed by 		Sagami
Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 05
#5
Finished
Followed by 		Sagami
Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 06
#6
Finished
Kamakura
Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 07
#7
Finished
Followed by 		Kamakura
Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 08
#8
Finished
Followed by 		Kamakura
Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 09
#9
Finished
Kamakura
Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 10
#10
Finished
Followed by 		Kamakura
Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 11
#11
Finished
Followed by 		Kamakura
Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 12
#12
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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World Championships
RankEventYearLocation
3049er FX2018Aarhus, DEN
514702014Santander, ESP

Class World Championships
RankEventYearLocation
1849er FX2020Geelong, VIC, AUS
3649er FX2019Auckland, NZL

Pan American Games
RankEventYearLocation
449er FX2019Lima, PER

Class European Championships
RankEventYearLocation
1549er FX2019Weymouth, GBR
2749er FX2018La Rochelle, FRA

Class North American Championships
RankEventYearLocation
449er FX2017Kingston, ON, CAN

World Cup
RankEventYearLocation
1549er FX2017Miami, FL, USA
2049er FX2018Miami, FL, USA
3249er FX2019Miami, FL, USA

Class World Championships Juniors
RankEventYearLocation
549er FX2017Kingston, ON, CAN
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Hiking, snowboarding, playing guitar. (olympic.ca, 01 Sep 2019)
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Athlete
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Mechanical Engineering - Queen's University, Kingston, ON, CAN
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Partner Justin Barnes
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English, French
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Kingston Yacht Club [Canada]
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Krzysztof Kierkowski [national], POL
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Her father Martin sailed internationally for Canada. He competed in the 470 class at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, and coached at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. Her partner Justin Barnes has also sailed at international level representing Canada, and won bronze in the 49er class at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. (ontariosailormagazine.ca, 22 Jan 2014; Facebook profile, 17 Nov 2019; olympic.ca, 01 Sep 2017; SportsDeskOnline, 29 Apr 2020)
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She took up the sport with her father at age six, and started sailing in the Optimist class at Kingston Yacht Club in Ontario, Canada, at age eight. "I grew up in the amazing sailing community of Kingston which provided me with the rich experience of world-class sailing right in my own backyard." (ontariosailormagazine.ca, 22 Jan 2014; olympic.ca, 01 Sep 2019; cork.org, 28 Oct 2020)
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She was encouraged to take up sailing by her father, who competed in the sport internationally. "I was kind of born into sailing. Our sport is at the mercy of mother nature. The wind can change in strength, location and direction, and this challenge is what makes sailing so exciting." (olympic.ca, 01 Sep 2019; ontariosailormagazine.ca, 22 Jan 2014; Instagram profile, 15 Mar 2020)
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To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (windathletes.ca, 15 Mar 2020)
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"Sailing teaches you the skill of controlling the controllable. It is an important life skill to identify and accept what is out of your control and work together to develop new ideas, skills and solutions." (Instagram profile, 15 Mar 2020)
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In 2013 she and crewmate Allison Surrette were named Female Youth Sailors of the Year by Sail Canada. (thechronicleherald.ca, 20 Jan 2013)

In 2012 she and crewmate Allison Surrette were presented with the Bill Burke Youth Elite Memorial Award by Sail Canada. (thewhig.com, 21 Aug 2013; ontariosailormagazine.ca, 22 Jan 2014)

In 2012 she was named Female Junior Sailor of the Year by Ontario Sailing in Canada. (thewhig.com, 21 Aug 2013; ontariosailormagazine.ca, 22 Jan 2014)

General Interest

General
CHANGING CLASS
In 2016 she switched from the 470 to the 49erFX class, and she says the experience of sailing in both classes has enhanced her abilities. "I'm fortunate that a lot of what I learned in 470 is transferable. It's a very different type of boat, but it's sailing. The physics are still the same, the fundamentals are still the same, so transferring that over has been very useful. The speed of the [49erFX] boat is amazing. It is a very physical boat, and the harder you work the faster you will go. I always tell people that there is never a bad day when racing 49ers. You are always going super fast and having such a great time." (thewhig.com, 20 Jun 2017; visitkingston.ca, 01 Jul 2019)

PARTNERSHIP
She and her crewmate Mariah Millen began sailing together in 2017. Millen switched class from sailing in the 29er class at youth level to partner with her in the 49erFX class. "I can't speak highly enough of Mariah. She has made the transition from the 29er to 49er so seamlessly. She works so hard. She is so fit and athletic. Because it is a two-person boat, we work very hard to have a strong dynamic, strong communication skills and lots of set routines. Both our fathers competed in the Olympics. They both crewed for skipper Frank McLaughlin." (thewhig.com, 20 Jun 2017, 01 Aug 2019; visitkingston.ca, 01 Jul 2019; Facebook team page, 23 Nov 2020)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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