CHRISTMAS Kyra

Date of Birth: 14 Mar 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.82/5'11''

Place of birth: HIGH RIVER, AB

Birth Country:

Canada

Place of residence : CALGARY, AB

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Water Polo	Women CAN Canada	7

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #01 CAN Canada 5 AUS Australia 8	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #07 ESP Spain 14 CAN Canada 10	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #09 CAN Canada 21 RSA South Africa 1	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #19 NED Netherlands 16 CAN Canada 12	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Quarterfinal #24 CAN Canada 5 USA United States 16	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Classification 5th-8th #26 AUS Australia 14 CAN Canada 12	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Classification 7th-8th #29 CHN China 7 CAN Canada 16	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Women	2017	Budapest, HUN
9	Women	2019	Gwangju, KOR

World League - Super Final

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2017	Shanghai, CHN
4	Women	2021	Athens, GRE
7	Women	2019	Budapest, HUN

Pan American Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2019	Lima, PER

World Junior Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
8	Women	2017	Volos, GRE

Hiking, travelling, writing. (olympic.ca, 26 Aug 2019)

Occupation:

Sports Management - University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA, USA

Languages spoken:

Calgary Renegades Water Polo Club [Canada]

David Paradelo [national], CAN

Position style:

Driver (waterpolo.ca, 14 Mar 2019)

2016 for Canada (olympic.ca, 26 Aug 2019)

She began playing water polo at age seven with the Prairie Dolphins club in Okotoks, AB, Canada. (olympic.ca, 26 Aug 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Twitter profile, 22 Jan 2020)

Philosophy:

"I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed." [US basketball player Michael Jordan] (olympic.ca, 26 Aug 2019)

She was named Golden Coast Conference [GCC] Player of the Year in 2018 and 2019 while competing for the University of the Pacific Tigers in the United States of America. (pacific.edu, 26 Apr 2019)

She was named the Most Valuable Player [MVP] at the 2016 Junior Pan American Championships in Edmonton, AB, Canada. (olympic.ca, 26 Aug 2019)

General Interest

General
TRAINING DURING THE PANDEMIC
Her father, who works in landscaping construction, built an outdoor swimming pool using 16 hay bales for her to train during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pool was five metres long, two metres wide and two metres deep. "Being out of the pool for over a month was just a bit too long for me. So I was looking at buying above ground [pools] for the first time and I realised that none of them are deep enough to tread water. So my parents were like, "we can come up with a better solution than that." I jumped in a couple times but I ended up having to order a wetsuit online because it's just too cold." (cbc.ca, 06 May 2020)

NATIONAL SPORT SCHOOL
She attended the National Sport School in Calgary, AB, Canada, a high school with a flexible schedule for elite athletes. (Facebook profile, 09 Aug 2019; highrivertimes.com, 16 Jul 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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