Kirstyn Goodger

Career Junior rowing Rowing since 2005, Goodger took up the sport at Saint Kentigern College. She competed at her last Maadi Cup—the regatta for New Zealand schools—in March 2008. After she left school, she joined the North Shore Rowing Club and first competed at the New Zealand national championships in February 2009 on Lake Ruataniwha. She competed in two club boat classes and one senior boat class. She came second with the senior eight. In the club boat classed, she came second with the eight and fourth with the coxed four. Goodger was picked for the junior national rowing squad and went to the August 2009 World Rowing Junior Championships in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France, where she won silver with the junior women's eight. Others in that boat who would later become high performance rowers were Zoe Stevenson, Eve MacFarlane, and coxswain Francie Turner.

At the February 2010 New Zealand national championships held at Lake Karapiro, she competed in two U21 boat classes. With the coxless four, she came in fourth place. With the coxless pair, she came fifth.

Washington Huskies After that, she went to the United States for tertiary study. At the New Zealand national championships in February 2015 on Lake Ruataniwha, she rowed the coxless pair in two boat classes. In the senior class, they won but were later disqualified due to the boat not meeting weight regulations. In the premier class, they came fifth. At the February 2016 New Zealand national championships held at Lake Karapiro, she competed in two premier boat classes. In the quadruple sculls, she came third alongside Erin-Monique O'Brien, Sophie MacKenzie, and Zoe McBride. With the eight, she won her first premier national championship title.

At the New Zealand national championships in February 2017 on Lake Ruataniwha, she competed in three premier boat classes. In the coxless pair with Jackie Gowler she came fourth. In the coxless four she came second but once again her team got disqualified due to boat weight regulations. In the eight, they came second. Subsequently, she was called into the national team and selected as a part of the sweep squad. At the World Rowing Cup III on the Rotsee, they came sixth as NZ2, with NZ1 winning that final. At the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida, Goodger and J. Gowler teamed up with Charlotte Spence and Beth Ross to form a coxless four, and they came tenth at that regatta. Her performance during the year earned her a nomination at the November 2017 Marlborough Sports Awards.

At the New Zealand national championships in February 2018 on Lake Karapiro, she competed in two premier boat classes. In the coxless four, her team came second. In the eight, they won the national title. She then made the national rowing team as the reserve.

At the New Zealand national championships in February 2019 on Lake Ruataniwha, she competed in four premier boat classes. In the quad scull, her team came second. In the double scull alongside Sophie MacKenzie, their final was scratched. In the single scull, she came fourth. In the eight, they defended their national title. She was again picked as part of the sweep squad for the national team.

At the 2020 New Zealand rowing nationals at Lake Karapiro, Goodger competed in two boat classes. In the double scull, her final was scratched. In the single scull, she came fourth. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no international rowing during 2020. Two weeks later at the 2021 New Zealand rowing nationals at Lake Ruataniwha, Goodger competed in two boat classes. In the quad scull, the team came third. In the eight, she won her fourth national title. When New Zealand's Olympic team was announced in June 2021, Goodger was one of ten rowers nominated for the eight. In November 2020, the World Rowing Federation predicted that New Zealand and Australia are currently so dominant that their teams would compete in the eight for gold and silver, with the remaining nations fighting over bronze. Former Olympian Sarah Cowley Ross, who commentated from Tokyo for TVNZ, expected the eight to get a medal. Sports bookmaker Pinnacle offered very low odds for the women's eight to win gold. As of 9 July, for every dollar paid in, they would pay out $2.07 for the eight winning gold. In Tokyo at the Olympics, Grace Prendergast and Kerri Gowler did double-duty in the women's pair and the eight, with Goodger and Phoebe Spoors remaining unused reserve rowers.

National titles National titles for senior rowers are known as Red Coats in New Zealand. As of 2021, Goodger has won four premier Red Coats.