Kelsey Bevan

Kelsey Bevan (born April 10, 1990 in Auckland ) is a New Zealand rower . In 2014 she won the world title in the four without a helmsman and in 2019 in the eight .

Career

At the U23 World Championships in 2010, Kelsey Bevan won the silver medal behind the US eight with the New Zealand eight. At the 2010 World Championships in the adult class, Bevan took eighth place. In 2011, as in the previous year, Bevan won silver at the U23 World Championships, this time behind the Canadian eighth. The following year she won the U23 title in a two-man with Kayla Pratt without a helmsman .

In 2013, Kelsey Bevan entered the adult class with the New Zealand eighth, after a fifth place at the World Cup in Sydney and a sixth place in Lucerne, the eighth finished seventh at the World Championships in Chungju . In 2014 the World Championships took place in Amsterdam. There Kayla Pratt, Kelsey Bevan, Grace Prendergast and Kerri Gowler started in a four without a helmsman, the New Zealand crew won the title in the world best time of 6: 14.360 min.

In 2015 Kelsey Bevan started again in eighth. After a fifth place at the World Cup regatta in Varese, the New Zealanders took second place in Lucerne behind the Canadian boat. At the 2015 World Championships on Lac d'Aiguebelette , the US eight won, the New Zealanders received the silver medal ahead of the Canadians. The New Zealand eighth with Kayla Pratt, Emma Dyke , Ruby Tew , Kelsey Bevan, Grace Prendergast, Kerri Gowler, Genevieve Behrent , Rebecca Scown and helmsman Frances Turner qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics. In Rio de Janeiro, the New Zealand eighth finished with fourth place at the 2016 Olympic Games .

In the post-Olympic season 2017, Emma Dyke, Ruby Tew, Rebecca Scown and Kelsey Bevan were four rowers from the previous year in the eighth position. In the Rowing World Cup, the eighth won in Poznan and finished second in Lucerne. At the World Championships in Sarasota , the New Zealand eighth won the bronze medal. In 2018, the New Zealand eighth finished second at the World Cup in Linz and won in Lucerne. At the World Championships in Plovdiv , the New Zealanders rowed to seventh place. The following year they finished fourth at the World Cup in Poznan and won in Rotterdam. In Linz at the 2019 World Championships , the New Zealanders won ahead of the Australians and the boat from the United States.

Web links

• Kelsey Bevan at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
• Kelsey Bevan in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )