Louise Trappitt

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Louise Trappitt (born 15 October 1985) is a New Zealand rower from Dunedin who grew up in Wellington. She studied physical education at the University of Otago (2004–2007) and did postgraduate rehabilitation studies there (2010–2012). She is about 1.75 m tall and weighs around 68 kg, and she now lives in Cambridge. She is married to Olympic rower John Storey.

Coached by Dick Tonks, Trappitt was part of New Zealand’s women’s quadruple scull. In 2011 the crew won bronze at the World Rowing Championships in Bled, after taking bronze at regattas in Hamburg and Lucerne. In 2012 they competed at the London Olympics; Trappitt caught a crab and snapped an oar at 1500 m in the repechage, costing them a chance at the final, and they finished last in the repechage before winning the B final.

She took 2013 off. In 2014, at the World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, she won bronze in the women’s pair with Rebecca Scown.