SPOORS Lucy

Date of Birth: 24 Dec 1990

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Place of residence : CAMBRIDGE

Residence Country:

New Zealand

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rowing	Women's Eight NZL New Zealand	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Eight Heat 1 #61	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Eight Final A #129	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Year	Location	4-	4x	8+
2019	Linz, AUT	-	-	1
2018	Plovdiv, BUL	-	-	7
2017	Sarasota, FL, USA	-	-	3
2015	Aiguebelette-le-Lac, FRA	-	6	-
2014	Amsterdam, NED	-	5	-
2010	Hamilton, NZL	4	-	-

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	Eight	2019	Rotterdam, NED	6:32.40
1	Eight	2018	Lucerne, SUI	6:06.17
1	Eight	2017	Poznan, POL	6:01.27
2	Eight	2018	Linz, AUT	6:05.56
2	Eight	2017	Lucerne, SUI	6:04.83
4	Eight	2019	Poznan, POL	6:33.42

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, EXC - Excluded

Occupation:

Business Owner, Manager, Media Professional

Linguistics - Massey University, New Zealand

Languages spoken:

Canterbury Rowing Club [NZL] / Southern RPC [NZL]

Gary Hay [national]

Sporting relatives:

Her younger sister Phoebe Spoors has competed in rowing internationally for New Zealand, including at the world championships in 2019 and 2018. Her other sister and Phoebe's twin, Grace, has also competed in the sport at junior international level, and won bronze in the women's four at the 2011 Junior World Championships in Eton, England. Phoebe and Grace competed together at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, United States of America. (stuff.co.nz, 01 Sep 2019, 14 Jun 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 06 May 2020)

She began rowing at age 15 in 2010, at Christchurch Girls High School and Canterbury Rowing Club in New Zealand. (stuff.co.nz, 14 Jun 2019; rowingnz.kiwi, 01 Jan 2018)

Winning gold in the women's eight at the 2019 World Championships in Linz Ottensheim, Austria. (Instagram profile, 02 Sep 2019; worldrowing.com, 01 Sep 2019)

General Interest

General
DISCIPLINE SWITCH
After she failed to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, she switched from sculls [double oar] to sweeping [single oar] to compete in the women's eight from 2017. (stuff.co.nz, 14 Jun 2019; rowingnz.kiwi, 01 Jan 2018)

BUSINESS OWNER
In 2017 she and fellow New Zealand rower Ruby Tew set up a food business based in Cambridge, New Zealand, that caters to athletes and sports clubs. It is called Athlete Food Co. (megsandsoph.com, 20 Oct 2019; LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2020)

OCCUPATION
She works as a social media manager for a charity called The Waterboy, in Waikato, New Zealand. The charity helps people get involved in sport. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2020; thewaterboy.org.nz, 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Silver Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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