Caileigh Filmer

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Caileigh Filmer
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1996-12-18) December 18, 1996 (age 27)
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
CountryCanada
Sport Rowing
Event(s)Coxless pair, Coxless four, Eight
College team University of California, Berkeley
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Coxless pair
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Plovdiv Coxless pair
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Ottensheim Coxless pair
World Championships (U23)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Plovdiv Eight
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Plovdiv Coxless four
Youth Olympics
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Nanjing Coxless pair
World Championships (Junior)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2014 HamburgCoxless pair

Caileigh Filmer (born December 18, 1996) is a Canadian national representative rower, an Olympian and a 2018 world champion. [1]

Caileigh graduated from Mount Douglas Secondary in 2014 and started at University of California in fall of 2014. [2] She won a bronze medal at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in the coxless pair event alongside Larissa Werbicki. [3]

She represented Canada in the Rowing World Cup I and Rowing World Cup II in the women's pair in 2016 and then was selected to represent Canada at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's eight event. [4] Her crew placed fifth in the Olympic final.

She was the 2018 world champion in the women's coxless pair winning her title with Hillary Janssens at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv.

She represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [5]

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References

  1. "Caileigh Filmer". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  2. "Caileigh Filmer". California Golden Bears. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
  3. "Larissa Werbicki". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. June 25, 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  4. Ewing, Lori (June 28, 2016). "Canada announces 26-member Olympic rowing team". Canadian Press . Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
  5. Dheensaw, Cleve. "Island family connections abound as Rowing Canada names Olympic team". Times Colonist. Retrieved June 27, 2021.