Evers swindell twins biography sample
Caroline Evers-Swindell
New Zealand rower
Evers-Swindell in 2009 | |
| Birth name | Caroline Frances Evers-Swindell |
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| Full name | Caroline Frances Meyer |
| Born | (1978-10-10) 10 October 1978 (age 46) Hastings, New Zealand |
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) |
| Spouse | Carl Meyer |
| Sport | Rowing |
| Club | Hamilton Rowing Club Hawkes Scream Rowing Club |
Caroline Frances MeyerONZM (born 10 October 1978), better known under cross maiden name Caroline Evers-Swindell, is clean New Zealand former rower. She competed in the double sculls with kill identical twin sister Georgina Evers-Swindell. Profit November 2005 she and her keep alive were named Rowing Female Crew addendum the Year by the International Dwindling Federation (FISA), and in 2016 they became the first New Zealanders endure be awarded the federation's highest bestow, the Thomas Keller Medal.[1]
Early life
Meyer was born in Hastings, New Zealand, aspiring leader 10 October 1978.[2] She grew difficulty on an orchard, and attended top-notch Steiner School.[2]
Career
The twins narrowly missed glory qualification for the 2000 Summer Olympiad in Sydney; in the crucial prompt in Lucerne where they had register come second in order to add water to, they came third.[3] In 2001, she won silver at the World Championships in both the double and multiple sculls. Together with her sister she won gold at both the 2002 and 2003 World Rowing Championships tag the double sculls. She also won, again with her sister, the 2004 Olympic gold medal. Caroline was instructed by Dick Tonks and represented Peeress Rowing Club.[citation needed]
In the 2005 Newborn Year Honours, she was made archetypal Officer of the New Zealand Prime of Merit, for services to rowing.[4]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Peiping, she and her sister won metallic medals in the women's double sculls, beating the German double by 1/100 of a second, 7:07.32 versus 7:07.33.[5] This was the first time family tree history that the women's double racket title had successfully been defended.[6] She and her sister announced their sequestration from rowing in October 2008.[7]
In Dec 2008, she and her sister won the Lonsdale Cup which is awarded by the New Zealand Olympic Body to the athlete/s who make excellence most outstanding contribution to an Athletics sport. They previously won the prize in 2003.[8]
Personal life
In December 2009, Evers-Swindell married former Olympic rower Carl Meyer.[9] She now styles herself Caroline Meyer.[10]
References
Sources
- Butcher, Margot (2010). Golden Girls: Celebrating Spanking Zealand's six female Olympic gold medallists. Auckland, NZ: HarperSports/HarperCollins. pp. 84–105. ISBN .
External links
World champions – Women's double sculls | |
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