STANFORD, Calif. – A total of seven current and former Cardinal women’s rowers will compete at the 2025 Senior World Rowing Championships, held in Shanghai, China Sept. 21-28.
Luise Bachmann ‘25, Esther Briz Zamorano ‘22, Azja Czajkowski ‘23, Célia Dupré ‘27, Kaitlyn Kynast ‘22, Beckie Leigh ‘24, and Sarah Marriott ‘27 will represent the Cardinal at the annual event, gathering the best women’s crews from 56 nations.
Two current Stanford student-athletes, 2025 ACC Newcomer of the Year Marriott, and 2025 ACC Crew of the Year member Dupré, were each selected to represent their respective home countries at the event. Both were members of the Stanford squad that brought home the program’s second NCAA team title in the last three seasons in 2025. Dupre, a 2024 Olympian for the Swiss National Team in the Women’s Quadruple Sculls, will race for Switzerland in the Women’s Pair and Mixed Doubles crews, while Marriott was selected as a spare for the Australian National Team.
In addition to Dupre and Marriott, five former members of the Stanford women’s rowing program will compete at the event, including three members of the 2023 squad that brought home the Cardinal’s first NCAA team title since 2009. Class of 2025 graduate, Bachmann, will race for the German National Team, competing in both the women’s and mixed eights, while Czajkowski is slated to race for Team USA in the women’s straight four and mixed eight crews, and Leigh will race for the New Zealand National team’s women’s straight four and mixed eight.
The event will also feature two members of the class of 2022, as both Zamorano and Kynast are set to race for Team Spain’s women’s single and Team USA’s women’s eight, respectively. The duo were each part of the Cardinal’s 2021 and 2022 squads that brought home runner-up team finishes at the NCAA Championship regatta.
Dupre will kick off action for the Cardinal at the event, as racing is slated to begin Sunday, Sept. 21 with the preliminary heats of the women’s 2- scheduled for a 10:19 a.m. local time start.
Results and more information can be found at WorldRowing.com.
Stanford Women’s Rowing at the 2025 Senior World Rowing Championships (by event)
Women’s 1x
Esther Briz Zamorano ‘22, Spain
Women’s 2-
Celia Dupre ‘27, Switzerland
Mixed 2x
Celia Dupre ‘27, Switzerland
Women’s 4-
Azja Czajkowski ‘23, USA
Beckie Leigh ‘24, New Zealand
Women’s 8+
Luise Bachmann ‘25, Germany
Kaitlyn Kynast ‘22, USA
Mixed 8+
Luise Bachmann ‘25, Germany
Azja Czajkowski ‘23, USA
Beckie Leigh ‘24, New Zealand
Spare
Sarah Marriott ‘27, Australia