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Apr\u00e8s avoir arr\u00eat\u00e9 la voile pendant la maladie de son p\u00e8re, elle a choisi de poursuivre son r\u00eave olympique, aux d\u00e9pens de son confort personnel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Girke est devenue la premi\u00e8re athl\u00e8te canadienne \u00e0 participer aux Jeux olympiques dans trois cat\u00e9gories d\u2019embarcations diff\u00e9rentes. Apr\u00e8s avoir fait une premi\u00e8re apparition en 470 (d\u00e9riveur biplace) \u00e0 Ath\u00e8nes 2004 avec la barreuse Jen Provan, elle est pass\u00e9e au RS:X (planche \u00e0 voile) en 2005, se qualifiant pour Beijing 2008 et Londres 2012. Fait remarquable, elle a particip\u00e9 \u00e0 une nouvelle cat\u00e9gorie d\u2019embarcation \u00e0 Rio 2016, dans l\u2019\u00e9preuve mixte du Nacra 17 (multicoque) avec son co\u00e9quipier Luke Ramsay, terminant au 15<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">e<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> rang.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">En tant que meilleure v\u00e9liplanchiste f\u00e9minine du Canada, Nikola a inscrit le meilleur r\u00e9sultat olympique du pays \u00e0 ce jour quand elle a termin\u00e9 \u00e0 la 10e place \u00e0 Londres, en 2012. Depuis ces Jeux pourtant, elle n\u2019a pratiqu\u00e9 son sport qu\u2019\u00e0 quelques reprises. 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