Kelsi Walters

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]