Stephanie Foster

Stephanie Charlene Cooper-Foster MBE (born 2 September 1958), best known under her maiden name Stephanie Foster, is a former New Zealand rower.

Stephanie Foster
MBE
Personal information
Birth nameStephanie Charlene Foster
Born (1958-09-02) 2 September 1958
Morrinsville, New Zealand
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight71 kg (157 lb)[1]
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  New Zealand
World Rowing Championships
1986 Nottingham W2x
Commonwealth Games
1986 Edinburgh W1x
1986 Edinburgh W2x

Early life

Foster was born in 1958 in Morrinsville, a provincial town in the Waikato region of New Zealand.[1]

Rowing career

Foster first competed internationally at the 1978 World Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro, New Zealand.[2] With the women's coxed four and the women's eight, she won both B-finals.[3][4] At the 1981 World Rowing Championships at Oberschleißheim, Germany, she came fifth in the women's single sculls.[5] At the 1982 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne, Switzerland, she won a bronze medal in the single sculls.[6]

She represented New Zealand in the single sculls event at the 1984 Olympics, coming seventh overall in the single sculls. At the 1986 World Rowing Championships at Nottingham in the United Kingdom, she won a Bronze in the women's double sculls with Robin Clarke.[7] She was the flagbearer at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, and won golds in the Women's Single Sculls and in the Women's Double Sculls with Robin Clarke.

In the 1987 Queen's Birthday Honours, Foster was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to rowing.[8]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Stephanie Foster". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  2. "Stephanie Cooper-Foster". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  3. "(W8+) Women's Eight - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  4. "(W4+) Women's Coxed Four - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  5. "(W1x) Women's Single Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  6. "(W1x) Women's Single Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  7. "Women's Double Sculls - Final". FISA. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  8. "No. 50950". The London Gazette (4th supplement). 13 June 1987. p. 32.
  • Black Gold by Ron Palenski (2008, 2004 New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame, Dunedin) ISBN 0-476-00683-X


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