Lauren Spalding (born March 17, 1980) represented the United States as a kayaker in the 2004 Summer Olympics.
She paddled in the USA National Team Trials in New York in 2003[3] and qualified for the team, going on compete in the K-2 (Women's Kayak Doubles) 500m and K-4 (Women's Kayak Fours) 500m events at the 2004 Pan American Games[4] and the 2004 Olympics.
[5] Spalding is a 12-time winner of the Molokai OC-1 World Championships, a 32-mile race across the Kaiwi Channel separating the Hawaiian islands of Molokai and Oahu, and holds the seven fastest times ever achieved by a female in the race.
[2][8] Spalding competes in long distance OC-6 ("six-man" outrigger canoe) races with Team Bradley.
As a crew member, she has notched ten victories in the Na Wahine O Ke Kai,[9] a 41-mile race across the Kaiwi Channel that is considered to be the world championship of long-distance outrigger canoe paddling.