Kirstyn Goodger

Kirstyn Goodger started rowing at Saint Kentigern’s College in 2006 and represented New Zealand for the first time in 2009 as part of the Junior Women’s Eight . At the World Rowing Junior Championships in Brive, France, the crew won a silver medal behind the US. Kirstyn then attended the University of Washington and completed an oceanography degree, graduating in 2014. She returned home to New Zealand and rejoined the Central Rowing Performance Centre and Wairau Rowing Club.

Kirstyn was in the Elite team in 2017 racing the Women's Pair at World Cups and the Women's Four at the World Championship. In 2018, she was named as the reserve and raced at World Cup II in the Women's Four & World Cup III in the Single. In 2019 she was selected in the Women’s Sweep Squad and competed in the Women’s Eight at World Rowing Cup II and the Women's Pair at World Rowing Cup III. Before racing at the 2019 World Rowing Championships, Kirstyn was named in the Women's Quad - qualifying the boat for the Olympics with a 5th place in the A final. In 2021, Kirstyn travelled to the Tokyo Olympics as a reserve for the NZ Team.

In 2022, Kirstyn was named in the World Cup team in Women's Four squad. She however transitioned back into sculling, racing the single at World Cup II & III, then raced in the Women's Quad at the World Championship. Kirstyn has been named in the Women's Sculling squad for the 2023 Elite Squad. However, she has transitioned back to sweeping, where she teamed up in a new pair with Alana Sherman, claiming 12th overall at the 2023 World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne, Switzerland.

When she’s not rowing, you can find her kiteboarding, surfboarding or wakeboarding. She also has a passion for photography, where she creates her own content and shares her projects and work with the world through her business - Moana Vision.