Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
World Championships
Bronze	2009 Dartmouth	K-1 4 x 200 m
Pan American Games
Gold	2007 Rio de Janeiro	K-2 500 m

Kia Byers (born October 6, 1987 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a sprint canoer who has competed since 2000. She won a bronze medal in the K-1 4 x 200 m event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth.

Byers also won a gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in the women's K-2 500 m event, alongside Marie-Christine Schmidt.

She placed first in the K-2 500 m at the first set of national team trials held in May 2007. Byers competed at the 2005 Junior World Championships in Hungary, where she finished eighth in the K-2 1000 m and sixth in the K-4 500 m events. She made her international debut at the 2005 Pan American Canoe Championship in Lac Beauport, Quebec. Byers has attended both the University of Regina and the University of Saskatchewan.

[edit] References

• Canadian Olympic Committee profile
• Canoe09.ca profile

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