Nikola Girke

Nikola Girke (born December 30, 1977, in Grande Prairie, Alberta) is a Canadian sailor and a five-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 three 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.

She represented Canada for the fifth time at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Year Venue Equipment Event Pos. Notes 2004 Athens 470 Female 2 person dinghy 13 2008 Qingdoa RS:X Female Windsurfing 17 2012 Weymouth RS:X Female Windsurfing 10 2016 Rio Nacra 17 Mixed - Multihull 15 2020 Tokyo RS:X Female Windsurfing 23