Zoe Stevenson (born 19 June 1991) is a New Zealand

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. She won gold in the women's

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s with Fiona Bourke at the

2014 World Rowing Championships The 2014 World Rowing Championships were the 44th edition of the World Rowing Championships and were held from 24 to 31 August 2014 at Bosbaan, Amsterdam in the Netherlands, the second occasion on which the event had been held in Amsterdam, or ...

. Stevenson was born in 1991. She obtained her secondary education at

Tauranga Girls' College Tauranga Girls' College is a state single-sex girls secondary school in Tauranga, New Zealand. It offers the National Certificate of Educational Achievement, NCEA system of qualifications. The school has a roll of students from years 9 to 13 (a ...

, and then obtained a Bachelor of Science (BSc) from the

University of Waikato The University of Waikato (), established in 1964, is a Public university, public research university located in Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton, New Zealand. An additional campus is located in Tauranga. The university performs research in nume ...

. As of 2017 she is a stay at home mother to son 'Ted'. Stevenson took up rowing in 2007. She first competed internationally at the 2009

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, France, where she won silver with the junior women's eight. At regattas in

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(Italy) and Lucerne (Switzerland) in 2015, she competed in the

s with Eve MacFarlane, winning gold in both finals. The pair went to the

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held at

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in Aiguebelette, France, and again won gold. Stevenson and MacFarlane qualified for the

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, but were beaten in the semi-finals by the US by 5/100 into fourth place, thus missing the A final. In November 2016, she announced that she would take 2017 off from rowing. She did not return to rowing for the 2018 season either, but has not announced her retirement from rowing. Zoe is the daughter of retired NZ rower

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1991 births Living people New Zealand female rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for New Zealand Olympic rowers for New Zealand Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics People educated at Tauranga Girls' College University of Waikato alumni 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen {{NewZealand-rowing-bio-stub