 Kirsten Nieuwendam akaberekwa musi wa26 Nyamavhuvhu 1991 muParamaribo mutambi wemuSuriname, uyo akapinda St. Thomas Aquinas High School muFort Lauderdale, Florida, uye parizvino anopinda Pennsylvania State University muState College, Pennsylvania. Nieuwendam akaputsa nhangemutange yenyika yemamita mazana maviri evakadzirekodhi pa2008 Summer Olympics nenguva yemasekonzi 24.46, pasinei nekubviswa mumutambo wekutanga. Akakwikwidza mumakwikwi evakadzi emamita mazana maviri pamitambo yeOlympic ya2012, asi akaiswa pachinzvimbo chechi46 uye akabviswa zvakare mumutambo wekutanga. 