Kelsi Walters

Kelsi Walters-Hughes

Personal information
Born	(1994-04-13) 13 April 1994 (age 31)
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Weight	73 kg (161 lb) [1]
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Medal record Women's rowing Representing   New Zealand World Championships 2017 Sarasota Eight

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]

References

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