Zoe Stevenson
New Zealand rower
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Zoe Stevenson (born 19 June 1991) is a New Zealand rower. She won gold in the women's double sculls with Fiona Bourke at the 2014 World Rowing Championships.[2]
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| Born | 19 June 1991 (age 34) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Tauranga Girls' College University of Waikato | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Tauranga | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stevenson was born in 1991.[3] She obtained her secondary education at Tauranga Girls' College,[4] and then obtained a Bachelor of Science (BSc) from the University of Waikato.[5] As of 2017 she is a stay at home mother to son 'Ted'.
Stevenson took up rowing in 2007.[3] She first competed internationally at the 2009 World Rowing Junior Championships in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France, where she won silver with the junior women's eight.[6]
At regattas in Varese (Italy) and Lucerne (Switzerland) in 2015, she competed in the double sculls with Eve MacFarlane, winning gold in both finals.[7][8] The pair went to the 2015 World Rowing Championships held at Lac d'Aiguebelette in Aiguebelette, France, and again won gold.[9] Stevenson and MacFarlane qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics, but were beaten in the semi-finals by the US by 5/100 into fourth place, thus missing the A final.[10] In November 2016, she announced that she would take 2017 off from rowing.[11] She did not return to rowing for the 2018 season either, but has not announced her retirement from rowing.[12]
Zoe is the daughter of retired NZ rower Andrew Stevenson.
