Kelsi Walters (born 13 April 1994) is a New Zealand rower.
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| Born | 13 April 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
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Private life
editWalters was born in 1994.[1] She received her education at Rosehill College, Papakura.[2]
Rowing career
editWalters is a member of Counties Manukau Rowing Club[3] where she started rowing in 2007.[4] She first went to the Maadi Cup in 2009 when it was held on Lake Karapiro and won the girls u15 double sculls event.[5] She did not achieve a medal placing at the 2010 Maadi Cup at Lake Ruataniwha[6] or the 2011 Maadi Cup at Lake Karapiro.[7] She first competed at the New Zealand national championships in February 2012, where she won a silver medal in the women's u19 double sculls, beaten by Hannah Duggan and Zoe McBride for the national title.[8]
Walters had her first international appearance at the August 2012 World Rowing Junior Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. With the junior women's four, she won bronze at the event.[9] At the 2013 national championships, she won bronze in three age group events, and gold in the women's premier coxless four (with Kelsey Bevan, Abby Green, and Kayla Pratt).[10] At the 2013 World Rowing U23 Championships in Linz, Austria, she won a bronze medal with the U23 women's four.[11] At the 2014 national championships, she won bronze in two premier events, and silver and bronze in two age group events.[12] At the 2014 World Rowing U23 Championships in Varese, Italy, she won a silver medal with the U23 women's four (alongside Johannah Kearney, Olivia Loe, and Emma Dyke).[13]
Walters was not one of the trialists for the elite and U23 rowing team for 2015,[14] but was back in 2016.[15] At the 2016 nationals, she won silver in two age group events, and bronze with women's premier eight.[16] At the 2016 World Rowing U23 Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands, she came fourth with the U23 women's eight.[17] She won a bronze medal with the New Zealand women's eight at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida.[18]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Kelsi Walters". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ "Rowing National Championships". Auckland Grammar School. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ "Update from Kelsi Walters – June 2017". Counties Manukau Rowing Club. June 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ "Kelsi Walters Rowing her way to Italy". Spark Foundation. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ "Results: mads2009". rowIT Ltd. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ "Results: mads2010". rowIT Ltd. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ^ "Results: mads2011". rowIT Ltd. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ^ "Results: nzcc2012". rowIT Ltd. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ^ "(JW4-) Junior Women's Four – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ "Results: nzcc2013". rowIT Ltd. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ^ "(BW4-) U23 Women's Four – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ^ "Results: nzcc2014". rowIT Ltd. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ^ "(BW4-) U23 Women's Four – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ^ "National Selectors name trialists for NZ Elite/U23 Rowing Team". Rowing New Zealand. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ "New Zealand Under-23 Team Announced". Rowing New Zealand. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ "Results: nzcc2016". rowIT Ltd. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ^ "(BW8+) U23 Women's Eight – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ "(W8+) Women's Eight – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 12 October 2017.