North Europe
The northern region of Europe has several definitions. A restrictive definition may describe Northern Europe as being roughly north of the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, which is about 54°N, or may be based on other geographical factors ...
an (
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
,
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
and
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
) variant of the male name
Christian
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...
. The name Krista can be spelled with a "Ch", making it Christa. It means "Follower of Christ".
People named Krista
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Krista Allen
Krista Allen (born April 5, 1971) is an American actress, model and Stand-up comedy, stand-up comic. She is best known for her work in the television series ''Days of Our Lives'', ''Baywatch Hawaii'', and the Erotic art, erotic TV series ''Emman ...
(born 1971), American actress
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Krista Aru
Krista Aru (born 1 August 1958 in Pagari village, Ida-Viru County) is an Estonian historian of journalism, museologist, politician. She has been member of XIII Riigikogu.
In 1981 she graduated from Tartu University in journalism. In 2010 she fin ...
(born 1958), Estonian historian, museologist and politician
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Krista Benjamin
Krista Benjamin (born 1970, Truckee, California) is an American poet and writer. Her poem, “Letter from My Ancestors” was selected by Guest Editor Billy Collins for inclusion in The Best American Poetry 2006.
Additional poems and stories a ...
(born 1970), American poet
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Krista Blunk Krista Lee Blunk acts as a play-by-play broadcaster or an analyst for Pac-12 Network, Westwood One, and ESPN covering women's soccer, women's volleyball, softball, and women's basketball. In addition to the networks above, she has been a sideline re ...
, American sports analyst
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Krista Branch
Krista Branch is an American singer whose 2010 song "I Am America" has been called the anthem of the Tea Party movement. Branch produced "I Am America" with her husband, who wrote the song, to protest the treatment of the Tea Party by Democrats ...
, American singer
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Krista Bridge
Krista Bridge is a Canadian writer, whose debut novel ''The Eliot Girls'' was a shortlisted nominee for the 2013 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and the 2014 Amazon.ca First Novel Award.Krista Bridges (born 1968), Canadian actress
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Krista Buecking
Krista Buecking (born 1982) is a Canadian visual artist.
Biography
Krista Buecking was born in Brampton, Ontario in 1982, and currently lives in Los Angeles, California. From 2002 to 2007, she attended Guelph University in Guelph, Ontario, and i ...
(born 1982), Canadian visual artist
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Krista Davey
Krista Bobo (née Davey; born January 20, 1978) is an American former professional soccer player. A pacey winger, she represented the Washington Freedom and New York Power of Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA).
Professional career
Bobo wa ...
(born 1978), American soccer player
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Krista Detor
Krista Detor is a singer-songwriter and pianist from Indiana whose music has been featured on NPR and with Mike Harding on the BBC.
Musical career
Her second album, ''Mudshow'', established Krista Detor on the world stage. Working with partne ...
(born 1969), American singer
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Krista Donnenwirth
Krista Lynn Donnenwirth (born June 12, 1989) is an All-American softball player. She attended Capistrano Valley High School. After graduating from high school, she went on to attend Arizona State University, where she plays shortstop and third ba ...
(born 1989), American softball player
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Krista Donaldson
Krista M. Donaldson (born 1973) is a Canadian–American engineer. She is the CEO of D-Rev, a product design and engineering company that specialises in products for less industrialised countries.
Early life and education
Born and raised in Halif ...
(born 1973), Canadian-American engineer
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Krista DuChene
Krista Duchene (born January 9, 1977) is a Canadian track and field athlete competing in the marathon.
History
In 2010, DuChene won the national Canadian title
In 2013, DuChene won the Canadian Half Marathon Championships at the Banque Scot ...
(born 1977), Canadian athlete
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Krista Erickson
Krista Erickson is a Canadian former broadcast journalist.
From April 2011 until January 2013, she served as the principal daytime anchor for the Sun News Network hosting the program, ''Canada Live'' from the channel's Toronto studios. Prior to j ...
, Canadian broadcaster
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Krista Errickson
Krista Anne Errickson (born May 8, 1964) is an American actress, journalist, and documentary filmmaker, writer and producer who appeared in films and television productions in the 1980s and 1990s. As a teen actress, she is most recognized for ...
(born 1964), American actress
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Krista Fanedl
Krista Fanedl (born 1 August 1941) is a Slovenian alpine skier. She competed in three events at the 1964 Winter Olympics
The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and comm ...
(born 1941), Slovenian alpine skier
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Krista Ford
Krista Ford Haynes ( Ford; born September 13, 1991) is a former Canadian professional women's American football player and conspiracy theorist. She is a daughter of Ontario Premier Doug Ford and niece of former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. She was ...
(born 1991), American football player
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Krista Franklin
Krista Franklin is an American poet and visual artist, whose main artistic focus is collage. Her work, which addresses race, gender, and class issues, combines personal, pop-cultural, and historical imagery.
Early life and education
Franklin i ...
, American statistician
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Krista Griffith
Krista Mollee Griffith (born October 4, 1972) is an American politician. She is as a member of the Delaware House of Representatives, representing District 12.
Griffith was elected in the general election on November 6, 2018, winning 53 percent ...
(born 1972), American politician
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Krista Guloien
Krista Guloien (born March 20, 1980, in New Westminster, British Columbia) is a Canadian rower from Port Moody, British Columbia.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's quad sculls.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she wa ...
(born 1980), Canadian rower
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Krista Harris
Krista Harris (died 2006) was a much admired producer at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both ...
(died 2006), Canadian television producer
* Krista Harrison (1971–1982), American murderer
* Krista Hogan (born 2006), Canadian craniopagus conjoined twin
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Krista Howell
Krista Lynn Howell is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2021 provincial election. She represents the electoral district of St. Barbe-L'Anse aux Meadows as a member of the Liberal Par ...
, Canadian politician
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Krista De Jonge
Krista De Jonge (born 1959) is a Belgian architectural historian and full professor of architectural history at KU Leuven.
Career
She received a master's degree in engineering and architecture at KU Leuven in 1982, a Master of Advanced Studies a ...
(born 1950), Belgian architectural historian
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Krista Kelly
Krista is a female given name, a mostly North European (Finland, Estonia and Sweden) variant of the male name Christian (given name), Christian. The name Krista can be spelled with a "Ch", making it Christa (given name), Christa. It means "Follower ...
(born 1977), Canadian model and actress
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Krista Kilburn-Steveskey
Krista Kilburn-Steveskey (born June 28, 1968) is the former coach of the Hofstra University women's basketball team. Before becoming the head coach at Hofstra, she was an assistant for the James Madison University women's basketball team for four s ...
(born 1968), American basketball player
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Krista Kilvet Krista Kilvet (; May 31, 1946 – January 21, 2009) was an Estonian radio journalist, politician and diplomat.
Biography
Kilvet was born on May 31, 1946, in Tallinn, Tallinn, Estonia. She graduated from the University of Tartu with a major in Eng ...
(1946–2009), Estonian journalist
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Krista Kim
Krista Kim is a Canadian-Korean contemporary artist whose works frequently use light, digital technology and sound. Kim produced a number of touring installations and displays, along with other works which have been sold as non-fungible tokens (NF ...
, Canadian contemporary artist
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Krista Lee Kinsman
Krista Lee Kinsman (born ) is a Canadian retired volleyball player, who played as a wing spiker.
She was part of the Canada women's national volleyball team at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship
The 2002 FIVB Women's World Cha ...
(born 1978), Canadian volleyball player
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Krista Kiuru
Krista Katriina Kiuru (born 5 August 1974) is a Finnish politician. She served as Minister of Housing and Communications and Minister of Education and Communications in Jyrki Katainen's and Alexander Stubb's cabinets. Since June 2019, she has ser ...
(born 1974), Finnish politician
* Krista Kleiner (born 1989), American entertainer
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Krista Kosonen
Krista Erika Kosonen (born 28 May 1983) is a Finnish actress. She is known for her appearances in movies such as '' Jade Warrior'' (2006), ''Princess'' (2010), and the Norwegian HBO series ''Beforeigners'' (2019, 2021). She has also appeared in ...
(born 1983), Finnish actress
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Krista Kostial-Šimonović
Krista Kostial-Šimonović (19 December 1923 – 29 April 2018) was a Croatian physician and academic who researched the effects of human exposure to heavy metals and toxicity. She was elected as an associate member of the Yugoslav Academy of Sci ...
(1923–2018), Croatian physician
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Krista Kruuv
Krista Kruuv (born 8 June 1971) is an Estonian sailor. She competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly refer ...
(born 1971), Estonian sport sailor
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Krista Lavíčková
Krista Lavíčková (December 15, 1917–August 11, 1944) was a Czech secretary who fought against Nazism with the German Resistance group, the European Union. She was arrested on September 3, 1943 and was tried along with her father, Paul Hatschek ...
(1917-1944), Czech secretary
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Krista Lepik
Krista Lepik (born 26 April 1964) is a retired Estonian biathlete. She competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics and the 1994 Winter Olympics
The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vi ...
(born 1964), Estonian biathlete
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Krista Marie
Krista Marie is an American country music artist; she is signed to Broken Bow Records subsidiary Holeshot Records. She has charted twice on the ''Billboard'' country singles charts. She is also a former member of The Farm.
Biography
Marie is ...
, American musical artist
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Krista McCarville
Krista Lee McCarville (born Krista Lee Scharf on November 10, 1982) is a Canadian curling, curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. McCarville is a four-time Northern Ontario junior champion, the Curling at the 2003 Winter Universiade, 2003 Winter Univ ...
(born 1982), Canadian curler
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Krista McGee
Krista McGee (born in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American young adult Christian fiction
A Christian novel is a Christian literary novel which features Christian media genre conventions.
The tradition of Christian fiction
Christian novels are w ...
(born 1975), American author
* Krista Mikkonen (born 1972), Finnish politician
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Krista Mørkøre
Krista Mørkøre is a Faroe Islander swimmer, who competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics as the only member of her country's delegation.
Career
In 2007, Krista Mørkøre developed a cerebral edema, causing her brain to swell. This resulted in pa ...
(born 1998), Faroe Islander swimmer
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Krista Muir
Krista Muir is a Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist based in Montreal, Quebec. She initially used the stage name and persona of Lederhosen Lucil, but in 2007, she also began recording and performing under her own name. She plays ...
, Canadian singer
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Krista R. Muis
Krista Renee Muis is a Canadian professor and Canada Research Chair in epistemic cognition and self-regulated learning at McGill University. Muis was elected a member of the College of New Scholars of the Royal Society of Canada in 2018.
Early ...
, Canadian associate professor
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Krista Nell
Krista Nell (1946–1975) was an Austrian film actress.
Born Doris Kristanel, Krista Nell debuted in French cinema, then moved to Rome where became a minor starlet in Italian genre films, especially Spaghetti Westerns and commedie sexy all'ita ...
(1946–1975), Austrian film actress
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Krista Ninivaggi
Krista Ninivaggi is a New York-based interior designer who primarily works in hospitality design. She is one of the few designers named by ''Contract Magazine'' as its Designer of the Year while still in her 30s. During her time at Rockwell Group ...
(born 1979), American interior designer
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Krista Pärmäkoski
Krista Pärmäkoski (née Lähteenmäki; born 12 December 1990) is a Finnish cross-country skier who has been competing since 2007. Among other career achievements, she is a five-time Olympic medalist.
Career
At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Pärmä ...
(born 1990), Finnish cross-country skier
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Krista Phillips
Krista Lynn Phillips (born May 18, 1988) is a Canadian former basketball centre, who last played for the Dandenong Rangers of the Australian WNBL.
Career
Michigan Wolverines
In her junior year at University of Michigan, Phillips earned her thi ...
(born 1988), Canadian basketball player
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Krista Pöllänen
Krista Pöllänen is a Finnish
Finnish may refer to:
* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish p ...
(born 1973), Finnish bowler
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Krista Polvere
Krista Polvere is an Australian-born singer/songwriter from Adelaide, but resides in Melbourne, Australia. Polvere moved to Sydney at a young age to study acting and music. Polvere's father, a former band manager, immigrated from Naples, Italy a ...
(born 1980), Australian singer-songwriter
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Krista Posch
Krista Posch (10 January 1948 in Bolzano, Italy) is an Italian-German television actress.
Awards
* 1983: Förderpreis für Literatur der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf
The Förderpreis für Literatur der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf is a German ...
(born 1948), Italian-German television actress
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Krista Ranillo
Cristalle Lauren Tupaz Ranillo-Lim (born 10 December 1984), known professionally as Krista Ranillo, is a Filipino actress. She comes from a "showbiz family" and earned her degree in 2007. In 2010 she married businessman Nino Jefferson Lim in a J ...
(born 1982), Filipina actress
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Krista Sager
Krista Sager ( Schuller; born 28 July 1953) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens party who served as party co-leader between 1994 and 1996, and co-leader of the Greens group in the Bundestag between 2002 and 2005.
Early life and ...
(born 1953), German politician
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Krista Scharf
Krista Lee McCarville (born Krista Lee Scharf on November 10, 1982) is a Canadian curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. McCarville is a four-time Northern Ontario junior champion, the 2003 Winter Universiade silver medallist, a four-time Ontario ...
(born 1982), Canadian curler
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Krista Schmidinger
Krista Schmidinger (born 18 May 1970 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts) is an American former alpine skier who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics and 1994 Winter Olympics
The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Gam ...
(born 1970), American former alpine skier
* Krista Siegfrids (born 1985), Finnish singer
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Krista Belle Stewart Krista Belle Stewart is a First Nations visual artist from Canada. Stewart works in a variety of formats, using archival materials, photographs, and collage.
Early life
Stewart is from the Upper Nicola Band in the British Columbia interior region ...
, Canadian artist
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Krista Tervo
Krista Katariina Tervo (born 15 November 1997 in Kotka) is a Finnish athlete specialising in the hammer throw
The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot p ...
(born 1997), Finnish athlete
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Krista Tesreau
Krista Tesreau (born January 10, 1964; St. Louis, Missouri) is an American actress.
Career
Tesreau is best known for her role as Melinda “Mindy” Lewis on the CBS soap opera '' Guiding Light'', which she portrayed from 1983 to 1989. In 1987 T ...
(born 1964), American actress
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Krista Thompson
Krista Thompson (born June 15, 1972 in Chatham, New Brunswick) is a former field hockey goalkeeper from Canada, who earned a total number of 19 international caps for the Canadian National Team during her career. She was a student (Master's Degr ...
Krista Tippett
Krista Tippett ( née Weedman; born November 9, 1960) is an American journalist, author, and entrepreneur. She created and hosts the public radio program and podcast ''On Being''. In 2014, Tippett was awarded the National Humanities Medal by U.S. ...
(born 1960), American journalist
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Krista Vansant
Krista Vansant (born March 31, 1993) is a volleyball player and coach who played collegiately for Washington Huskies women's volleyball, Washington. In 2022, she was named as the assistant coach for the Illinois Fighting Illini women's volleyball ...
(born 1993), American volleyball player
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Krista Vendy
Krista Vendy is an Australian actress who played teacher Teresa "Tess" Bell on the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' from 1999 to 2001.
Personal life
Vendy was born in Melbourne, Australia. Her mother Crystal is Austrian and her father David ...
, Australian actress and model
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Krista van Velzen
Krista van Velzen (born 15 September 1974) is a Dutch politician. From 2002 to 2010 she was a member of the Dutch House of Representatives for the Socialist Party.
Career
Krista van Velzen was born in St. Nicolaasga in Friesland. While in sec ...
(born 1974), Dutch politician
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Krista Vernoff
Krista Vernoff (born October 25, 1971) is an American television screenwriter, executive producer and director. She is best known for running the television medical drama ''Grey's Anatomy'' (2007–11, 2017–present) and its spin-off ''Station 1 ...
(born 1974), American television screenwriter
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Krista Voda
Krista Voda Kelley (born May 31, 1974) is an American sportscaster who covers auto racing as the play-by-play announcer for the ARCA Menards Series on MAVTV. She previously worked for ''NASCAR on Fox'' and '' NASCAR on Speed'' from 2003 to 2014 ...
(born 1974), American sportscaster
* Krista S. Walton, American chemical engineer
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Krista Watterworth
Krista Leigh Watterworth is an American interior designer television personality who has hosted several HGTV shows such as ''Save My Bath'' (formerly ''Bad, Bad Bath'') and ''Splurge and Save''. She has also appeared as an interior design expert on ...
, American television actor
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Krista White
Krista White (born December 19, 1984) is an American fashion model, best known as the winner of Cycle 14 of ''America's Next Top Model''. As part of her win, she was signed with Wilhelmina Models, received a $100,000 contract with Covergirl, a ...
(born 1984), American model
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Krista Woodward
Krista Woodward (born 22 November 1984) is Canadian track and field athlete specialising in the javelin throw. She won the gold medal at the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie
The 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as ''VIIèmes Jeux de la Francop ...