Nikola Girke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Nikola Girke

Olympic sailor

Date of Birth: 30-Dec-1977

Place of Birth: Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada

Profession: windsurfer

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Nikola Girke

  • Nikola Girke (born December 30, 1977 in Grande Prairie, Alberta) is a Canadian sailor and a 4-time Olympian.
  • She is amongst only a few elite athletes who have made the transition from one sport to another and has achieved a top 10 in the World across 3 different sport disciplines.
  • She finished 13th at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 470, then switched to RSX windsurfing and placed 17th at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
  • At the 2012 Summer Olympics she finished 10th in the RS:X.
  • Girke was named to Canada's 2016 Olympic team to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, as part of the Nacra 17 with Luke Ramsay.
  • The duo placed 15th.
  • Girke also competed in windsurfing at both the 2011 Pan American Games and the 2015 Pan American Games placing 4th and 6th respectively.
  • Nikola holds a degree from UBC in Human Kinetics and is a Certified Executive and Emotional Intelligence Coach at Own Your Podium.

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