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1991 Tacen | K-1 team |
Kirsten Venetta Brown, also known as Kirsten Brown-Fleshman (June 11, 1963 [1] – 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. [2]
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, from breast cancer, in Washington, D.C. [3] She was married and divorced from George Michael Fleshman. [4]
Medal record | ||
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Women's canoe slalom | ||
Representing ![]() | ||
World Championships | ||
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1991 Tacen | K-1 team |
Kirsten Venetta Brown, also known as Kirsten Brown-Fleshman (June 11, 1963 [1] – 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. [2]
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, from breast cancer, in Washington, D.C. [3] She was married and divorced from George Michael Fleshman. [4]