{{Short description|Canadian kayaker (born 1992)}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Alexa Irvin | image = | caption = | full_name = Alexa Kaien Irvin | nationality = Canadian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1992|07|21}} | birth_place = Prince Rupert, British Columbia<ref name=COCprofile>{{cite web |title=Alexa Irvin profile |website=Canadian Olympic Committee |date=25 October 2011 |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/alexa-irvin/ |accessdate=August 18, 2019}}</ref> | hometown = Dartmouth, Nova Scotia | height = 1.75 m | weight = 70 kg | sport = Kayaking | event = K-4 500 | club = | collegeteam = Dalhousie University | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Kayaking }} {{MedalCountry | {{flagicon|Canada}} Canada }} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalGold|2011 Guadalajara|K4 500 m}} {{MedalGold|2019 Lima|K4 500 m}} }}
'''Alexa Kaien Irvin''' (born July 21, 1992) is a Canadian sprint kayaker.<ref name=COCprofile/> She is the current Pan American Games champion in the women's K-4 500 metres, she won gold together with Andréanne Langlois, Alanna Bray-Lougheed, and Anna Negulic at the 2019 Pan American Games.<ref>{{cite news |title=Women kayakers win Canada's 1st Pan Am Games gold medal |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/pan-am-games-roundup-july28-1.5228351 |website=CBC Sports |date=July 28, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Canada's Black continues to shine at Pan Am Games |url=https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/sports/local-sports/canadas-black-continues-to-shine-at-pan-am-games-338690/ |website=The Chronicle Herald |date=July 30, 2019}}</ref> Irvin also won gold in the K-4 500 metres at the 2011 Pan American Games.<ref>{{Cite news |title=8 years after winning gold at Pan Am Games, Nova Scotian does it again |author=Anjuli Patel |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/kentville-paddler-bringing-home-gold-from-panam-1.5229396 |website=CBC News |date=July 30, 2019}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{ICF|alexa-irvin}} * {{Team Canada|alexa-irvin}} * {{2019 Pan American Games profile|canoe-sprint/athlete-profile-n1144959-irvin-alexa-kaien|Alexa Kaien Irvin}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Irvin, Alexa}} Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian female canoeists Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada in canoeing Category:Canoeists at the 2011 Pan American Games Category:Canoeists at the 2019 Pan American Games Category:Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Category:Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Category:People from Prince Rupert, British Columbia Category:Sportswomen from British Columbia Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen
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