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| Born | 13 April 1994 | ||||||||||||||
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Kelsi Walters (born 13 April 1994) is a New Zealand rower.
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| Born | 13 April 1994 | ||||||||||||||
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| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||
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Kelsi Walters (born 13 April 1994) is a New Zealand rower.
Walters was born in 1994. [1] She received her education at Rosehill College, Papakura. [2]
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]
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