Ever swindell twins biography

New Zealand rower

Caroline Frances MeyerONZM (born 10 October 1978), better known under her maiden name Caroline Evers-Swindell, is a New Zealand former rower. She competed in rendering double sculls with her identical twin sister Georgina Evers-Swindell. The same November 2005 she and her sister were named Rowing Mortal Crew of the Year by the International Rowing Federation (FISA), and in 2016 they became the first New Zealanders profit be awarded the federation's highest award, the Thomas Keller Medal.^[1]

Early life

Meyer was born in Hastings, New Zealand, on 10 Oct 1978.^[2] She grew up on an orchard, and attended a Steiner School.^[2]

Career

The twins narrowly missed the qualification for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney; in the crucial race in Medick where they had to come second in order to prepare, they came third.^[3] In 2001, she won silver at rendering World Championships in both the double and quadruple sculls. Go out with her sister she won gold at both the 2002 and 2003 World Rowing Championships in the double sculls. She also won, again with her sister, the 2004 Olympic amber medal. Caroline was coached by Dick Tonks and represented Port Rowing Club.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2005 New Year Honours, she was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Worth, for services to rowing.^[4]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Peking, she and her sister won gold 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 reconcile history that the women's double scull title had successfully antique defended.^[6] She and her sister announced their retirement from put a ceiling on in October 2008.^[7]

In December 2008, she and her sister won the Lonsdale Cup which is awarded by the New Seeland Olympic Committee to the athlete/s who make the most eminent contribution to an Olympic sport. They previously won the cupful in 2003.^[8]

Personal life

In December 2009, Evers-Swindell married former Olympic boater Carl Meyer.^[9] She now styles herself Caroline Meyer.^[10]

References

Sources

• Butcher, Margot (2010). Golden Girls: Celebrating New Zealand's six female Olympic gold medallists. Auckland, NZ: HarperSports/HarperCollins. pp. 84–105. ISBN .

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