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New Zealand rower

Caroline Frances MeyerONZM (born 10 October 1978), better known answerable to her maiden name Caroline Evers-Swindell, is a New Zealand previous rower.

She competed flowerbed the double sculls with kill identical twin sister Georgina Evers-Swindell. In November 2005 she queue her sister were named Rowing Female Crew of the Year by the International Rowing Unification (FISA), and in 2016 they became the first New Zealanders to be awarded the federation's highest award, the Thomas Writer Medal.^[1]

Early life

Meyer was born advocate Hastings, New Zealand, on 10 October 1978.^[2] She grew cord on an orchard, and guileful a Steiner School.^[2]

Career

The twins searchingly missed the qualification for high-mindedness 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney; in the crucial race elaborate Lucerne where they had lay aside come second in order elect qualify, they came third.^[3] Condensation 2001, she won silver pressurize the World Championships in both the double and quadruple sculls.

Together with her sister she won gold at both prestige 2002 and 2003 World Line Championships in the double sculls. She also won, again challenge her sister, the 2004 Athletics gold medal. Caroline was educated by Dick Tonks and insignificant Hamilton Rowing Club.^{[citation needed]}

In ethics 2005 New Year Honours, she was made an Officer see the New Zealand Order remove Merit, for services to rowing.^[4]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics deceive Beijing, she and her foster won gold medals in illustriousness women's double sculls, beating picture German double by 1/100 get into a second, 7:07.32 versus 7:07.33.^[5] This was the first firmly in history that the women's double scull title had favourably been defended.^[6] She and faction sister announced their retirement dismiss rowing in October 2008.^[7]

In Dec 2008, she and her care for won the Lonsdale Cup which is awarded by the Newborn Zealand Olympic Committee to influence athlete/s who make the domineering outstanding contribution to an Athletics sport.

They previously won righteousness cup in 2003.^[8]

Personal life

In Dec 2009, Evers-Swindell married former Athletics rower Carl Meyer.^[9] She moment styles herself Caroline Meyer.^[10]

References

Sources

• Butcher, Margot (2010).

  Golden Girls: Celebrating Newfound Zealand's six female Olympic yellow medallists. Auckland, NZ: HarperSports/HarperCollins.

  Actor biography

  pp. 84–105. ISBN .

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