Kelsi Walters Explained

Kelsi Walters
Birth Date:13 April 1994
Height:186 cm
Weight:73 kg
Sport:Rowing

Kelsi Walters (born 13 April 1994) is a New Zealand rower.

Private life

Walters was born in 1994.[1] She received her education at Rosehill College, Papakura.[2]

Rowing career

Walters 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kelsi Walters . . 8 October 2017.
  2. Web site: Rowing National Championships . . 10 October 2017. 26 February 2014.
  3. Web site: Update from Kelsi Walters – June 2017 . Counties Manukau Rowing Club . 10 October 2017 . June 2017.
  4. Web site: Kelsi Walters Rowing her way to Italy . Spark Foundation. 12 October 2017.
  5. Web site: Results: mads2009 . rowIT Ltd . 12 October 2017.
  6. Web site: Results: mads2010 . rowIT Ltd . 14 October 2017.
  7. Web site: Results: mads2011 . rowIT Ltd . 14 October 2017.
  8. Web site: Results: nzcc2012 . rowIT Ltd . 14 October 2017.
  9. Web site: (JW4-) Junior Women's Four – Final . . 10 October 2017.
  10. Web site: Results: nzcc2013 . rowIT Ltd . 14 October 2017.
  11. Web site: (BW4-) U23 Women's Four – Final . . 11 October 2017.
  12. Web site: Results: nzcc2014 . rowIT Ltd . 14 October 2017.
  13. Web site: (BW4-) U23 Women's Four – Final . . 11 October 2017.
  14. Web site: National Selectors name trialists for NZ Elite/U23 Rowing Team . . 12 October 2017 . 22 February 2015.
  15. Web site: New Zealand Under-23 Team Announced . . 12 October 2017 . 20 April 2016.
  16. Web site: Results: nzcc2016 . rowIT Ltd . 14 October 2017.
  17. Web site: (BW8+) U23 Women's Eight – Final . . 12 October 2017.
  18. Web site: (W8+) Women's Eight – Final . . 12 October 2017.