Louise Trappitt
{{Short description|New Zealand rower}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| name = Louise Trappitt
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| nationality = New Zealand
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| residence = Wellington, New Zealand
| height = {{convert|175|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|68|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
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{{MedalSport|Women's rowing}}
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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2011 Bled|W4x}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2014 Amsterdam|W2−}}
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File:Rowing_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_9174_W_quadruple_sculls_heat2_GBR_NZL.jpg
Louise Trappitt (born 15 October 1985) is a New Zealand rower. She has won bronze medals at World Rowing Championships in the women's quadruple scull in 2011, and in the women's pair in 2014.
Family and private life
Trappitt was born in 1985 in Dunedin, but raised in Wellington.{{cite web |title=Louise Trappitt |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/32891/trappitt-louise |publisher=International Rowing Federation|access-date=7 November 2015}}{{cite news |title=Rowing: Trappitt earns seat in NZ's elite team |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11215843 |access-date=8 November 2015 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=7 March 2014}} She holds a degree in physical education from the University of Otago (2004–2007), and later studied extramurally post graduate studies in rehabilitation through the same university (2010–2012). Trappitt did her undergraduate degree before she started concentrating on rowing. She now lives in Cambridge and is married to Olympic rower John Storey.{{cite news |last1=Edmunds |first1=Susan |last2=Smallman |first2=Elton Rikihana |title=New Zealand Olympic athletes wary of Zika threat |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/76419649/New-Zealand-Olympic-athletes-wary-of-Zika-threat |access-date=2 July 2016 |work=Stuff.co.nz |date=31 January 2016}}
Rowing career
National coach Dick Tonks placed her in a women's quadruple scull for the 2011 season, together with Sarah Gray, Fiona Bourke and Eve MacFarlane. The four surprised themselves by winning bronze at the regattas in Hamburg (Germany) and Lucerne (Switzerland).{{cite news |last1=Leggat |first1=David |title=Rowing: The schoolground tap on the shoulder that led to London |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10802036 |access-date=7 November 2015 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=28 April 2012}}{{cite web |title=(W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2011-worldcup-2/womens-quadruple-sculls/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation|access-date=7 November 2015}}{{cite web |title=(W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2011-world-rowing-cup-iii/womens-quadruple-sculls/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation|access-date=7 November 2015}} They maintained their form and won a bronze at the 2011 World Rowing Championships at Lake Bled in Bled, Slovenia.{{cite web |title=(W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2011-world-championships/womens-quadruple-sculls/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation|access-date=7 November 2015}}
In 2012, Trappitt competed with the women's quad at regattas in Lucerne (Switzerland; fourth place) and Munich (Germany; fifth place).{{cite web |title=(W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2012-worldcup-2/womens-quadruple-sculls/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation|access-date=7 November 2015}}{{cite web |title=(W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2012-world-rowing-cup-iii/womens-quadruple-sculls/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation|access-date=7 November 2015}} The quad then went to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with a strong expectation for a medal when Trappitt "caught a crab" and snapped an oar at the 1500 m mark in the repechage. This cost the team their place in the final (they would have had to be within the first four but came last in the repechage), and they subsequently came first in the B final.{{cite news|last1=Hinton|first1=Marc|title=Bad luck strikes as Kiwi quad tumble out|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/rowing/7379723/Bad-luck-strikes-as-Kiwi-quad-tumble-out|access-date=7 November 2015|work=Stuff.co.nz|date=30 July 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/athletes/194e1528-1137-4c5d-a6fc-04e871f8afd1 |title= Louise Trappitt |publisher=BBC News |access-date=8 September 2012}}{{cite web |title=(W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2012-olympic-games/womens-quadruple-sculls/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation|access-date=7 November 2015}} Trappitt took the 2013 rowing season off.{{cite web |title=Louise Trappitt |url=https://www.rowingnz.kiwi/Person?Action=Profile&Person_id=16500 |publisher=Rowing New Zealand |access-date=8 November 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Anderson|first1=Ian|title=Recharged Louise Trappitt back with Rio in sight|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/sport/9800425/Recharged-Louise-Trappitt-back-with-Rio-in-sight|access-date=25 February 2017|work=Waikato Times|date=7 March 2014}}
At the 2014 World Rowing Championships held at Bosbaan in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Trappitt won a bronze medal in the women's pair partnering with Rebecca Scown.{{cite web |title=(W2-) Women's Pair - Final |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2014-world-rowing-championships/womens-pair/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |access-date=7 November 2015}}
References
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{{2012 New Zealand Olympic team}}
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Category:New Zealand female rowers
Category:Olympic rowers for New Zealand
Category:Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:World Rowing Championships medalists for New Zealand
Category:University of Otago alumni