Stephanie Foster

Stephanie was the first most successful women’s representative having a successful 10 year period of representing New Zealand from 1976 to 1986. Her first international selection was the 1978 World Championships at Karapiro where she was in both the eight and coxed four finishing in 7th place of both events. In 1979 Stephanie was in the double Scull at the World Championships at Bled; the single scull at the 1981 World Championship in Munich finishing 5th; the single scull at the 1982 World Championships in Lucerne finishing third for the bronze medal; the single Scull at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles 1984 finishing 7th; the double sculls at 1985 World Championships in Hazelwinkel finishing fourth; double sculls and single sculls at 1986 British Commonwealth Games in Strathclyde for gold medal in both events. Her international career finished at the 1986 World Championships in Nottingham in the double sculls claiming the bronze medal.