Lucy Spoors

Lucy has been part of the Rowing New Zealand Elite team since 2014, but first represented New Zealand at the Junior World Rowing Championships in 2007 in the women’s quad. In 2008 she again went to the Junior World Championship in the four winning gold.

In 2009 she made the transition to the U23 team where she raced in the women’s quad, and was selected as a member of this crew in 2010. In 2010 she also raced at the elite World Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro in the women’s four, finishing 4th.

In 2011 Lucy returned to the quad at the under-23 level, and in 2012 had success winning bronze in the quad.

In 2014 Lucy gained selection in the elite women’s quadruple scull crew who went onto win bronze at the second and third World Cups held in Aiguebelette, France and Lucerne, Switzerland.

In 2016 she competed in the women’s quad at the Final Qualification regatta in Lucerne. The crew finished third, and missed out on qualifying for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games by just three seconds. In 2015 Lucy raced the quad at the World Championships finishing 6th with the same crew make up as in 2014 where they finished 5th.

In 2017 Lucy won bronze in Saratsota with the women’s eight, and she was again selected for the crew in 2018.