Lucy Stephan

Born in country Victoria, Lucy Stephan began rowing in high school before graduating in 2009.

Less than two years later, Lucy made state selection for Victoria, rowing in the women's youth eight, finishing third.

In 2012 Lucy made her junior debut for Australia. Rowing in a coxless four at the World Rowing Championships, Lucy won silver.

A year later at age 21, Lucy made her senior international debut for Australia, winning gold in her first tournament rowing in the women's eight, at the 2013 World Rowing Cup I in Sydney.

Returning to the women's four, Lucy won silver at the World Rowing Cup III later that same year before taking home a gold medal at the U23 World Rowing Championships in Austria.

A versatile rower, Lucy from 2014 to 2015 rowed as part of a pair, four and eight across World Rowing Cups and World Rowing Championships.

Most notably during these years she won silver in the women's pair event at the 2014 World Rowing Cup III whilst also taking home a silver medal in the women's eight race at the 2015 World Rowing Championships.

In 2016, Lucy received a late call up to the Rio Olympics after initially missing qualification. Making her Olympic debut in Brazil, Lucy was a part of the women's eight that unfortunately finished last in both the heat and repechage.

Bouncing back from that Olympic campaign, Lucy won gold in the women's four at both World Rowing Cups in 2017.

In 2018, Lucy yet again had a fantastic year, coming away with medals across all three tournaments, with gold at two World Rowing Cups and a silver at the World Rowing Championships.

In the following year, it was much of the same, this time with Lucy winning gold at the World Rowing Championships and World Rowing Cup III, plus a bronze at the World Rowing Cup II.

At the Tokyo 2020 Games, Lucy rowed in the women's four alongside Annabelle McIntyre, Jessica Morrison and Rosemary Popa as the team won a historic Olympic gold medal.

Racing out of lane three in the final, the four set an Olympic best-time of six minutes and 15.37 seconds, beating silver medallists Netherlands by 0.34 of a second.

A reward for this success came in 2022 when Lucy was honoured with an Order of Australia (OAM) medal.

For the remainder of 2022 and 2023, Lucy won gold in the women's four at the 2022 World Rowing Cup II, won silver at the 2023 World Rowing Cup III whilst also receiving bronze medals at the 2022 World Rowing Championships and World Rowing Cup III in 2023.

In 2024, Lucy competed in the Australian women's eight team that finished fourth at the World Rowing Cup II.