Zoe Stevenson

{{Short description|New Zealand rower}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Zoe Stevenson

| image = MacFarlane and Stevenson on the way to gold.jpg

| caption = MacFarlane and Stevenson on the way to gold in 2015

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|19 June 1991}}

| birth_place = Tauranga, New Zealand{{cite web|url=http://www.rowingnz.kiwi/news-and-features/athlete-profiles/zoe-stevenson/|title=Rowing New Zealand » Zoe Stevenson|publisher=rowingnz.kiwi|access-date=1 September 2014}}

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| club = Tauranga

| education = Tauranga Girls' College
University of Waikato

| headercolor = lightsteelblue

| show-medals = yes

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{{MedalSport|Women's rowing}}

{{MedalCountry|{{NZL}}}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 2014 Amsterdam | Double scull }}

{{MedalGold | 2015 Aiguebelette| Double scull }}

{{MedalSilver | 2013 Chungju| Double scull }}

{{MedalCompetition|World U23 Championships}}

{{MedalSilver | 2010 Brest | U23 eight}}

{{MedalSilver | 2011 Amsterdam | U23 eight}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Junior Championships}}

{{MedalSilver | 2009 Brive-la-Gaillarde | Junior eight}}

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Zoe Stevenson (born 19 June 1991) is a New Zealand rower. She won gold in the women's double sculls with Fiona Bourke at the 2014 World Rowing Championships.{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11317121|title=Rowing: Double golden finish to superb campaign - Sport - NZ Herald News|publisher=nzherald.co.nz|access-date=1 September 2014}}

Stevenson was born in 1991.{{cite web |title= Zoe Stevenson |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/33157/stevenson-zoe |publisher=International Rowing Federation |access-date=24 November 2017}} She obtained her secondary education at Tauranga Girls' College,{{cite web |title= Zoe Stevenson |url= http://www.schoolrowing.org.nz/nzssra.php?page=392&rs=mad07&pid=9940&cn=trgg |publisher= New Zealand Secondary School Rowing Association |access-date= 19 March 2016}} and then obtained a Bachelor of Science (BSc) from the University of Waikato.{{cite web|title=Zoe Stevenson : Bachelor of Science (BSc) |url= https://www.waikato.ac.nz/about/hillary/scholars/ZoeStevenson.shtml|publisher=University of Waikato|access-date=24 November 2017}} 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 World Rowing Junior Championships in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France, where she won silver with the junior women's eight.{{cite web |title=(JW8+) Junior Women's Eight - Final |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2009-world-junior-championships/junior-womens-eight/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |access-date=24 November 2017}}

At regattas in Varese (Italy) and Lucerne (Switzerland) in 2015, she competed in the double sculls with Eve MacFarlane, winning gold in both finals.{{cite web |title=(W2x) Women's Double Sculls - Final |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2015-world-rowing-cup-ii/womens-double-sculls/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |access-date=7 November 2015}}{{cite web |title=(W2x) Women's Double Sculls - Final |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2015-world-rowing-cup-iii/womens-double-sculls/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |access-date=7 November 2015}} The pair went to the 2015 World Rowing Championships held at Lac d'Aiguebelette in Aiguebelette, France, and again won gold.{{cite web |title=(W2x) Women's Double Sculls - Final |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2015-world-rowing-championships/womens-double-sculls/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |access-date=7 November 2015}} Stevenson and MacFarlane qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics, but were beaten in the semi-finals by the US by 5/100 into fourth place, thus missing the A final.{{cite news |last1=Cleaver |first1=Dylan |title=Rio Olympics 2016: Shock losses for Kiwi rowing crews |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11690517 |access-date=10 August 2016 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=10 August 2016}} In November 2016, she announced that she would take 2017 off from rowing.{{cite news | title=Rowing pair Hamish Bond and Eric Murray put golden partnership on hold | url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11750591 | access-date=20 November 2016 | work=The New Zealand Herald | date=18 November 2016}} She did not return to rowing for the 2018 season either, but has not announced her retirement from rowing.{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Ian |title=World champions remain absent |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/95592913/swag-of-world-champions-still-absent-from-rowing-new-zealand-elite-training-squad |access-date=24 November 2017 |work=The Press |date=23 November 2017 |page=B8}}

Zoe is the daughter of retired NZ rower Andrew Stevenson.