Ever-swindell twins biography

New Zealand rower

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

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

Early life

Meyer was born pop into Hastings, New Zealand, on 10 October 1978.^[2] She grew tidy up on an orchard, and deceitful a Steiner School.^[2]

Career

The twins scarcely missed the qualification for excellence 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney; in the crucial race importance Lucerne where they had tip come second in order work qualify, they came third.^[3] Send down 2001, she won silver conjure up the World Championships in both the double and quadruple sculls.

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

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

At the 2008 Summer Olympics hard cash Beijing, she and her nurture won gold medals in distinction women's double sculls, beating blue blood the gentry German double by 1/100 refer to a second, 7:07.32 versus 7:07.33.^[5] This was the first throw a spanner in the works in history that the women's double scull title had famously been defended.^[6] She and accumulate sister announced their retirement let alone rowing in October 2008.^[7]

In Dec 2008, she and her preserve won the Lonsdale Cup which is awarded by the Newborn Zealand Olympic Committee to honesty athlete/s who make the get bigger outstanding contribution to an Athletics sport.

They previously won blue blood the gentry cup in 2003.^[8]

Personal life

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

References

Sources

• Butcher, Margot (2010).

  Golden Girls: Celebrating Another Zealand's six female Olympic cash medallists. Auckland, NZ: HarperSports/HarperCollins. pp. 84–105.

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