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
Olympic rings.svg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris Eight
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 rower from Victoria, British Columbia. [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]

At only 19 years of age, she was selected to her first Olympic Games to represent Canada at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's eight event. [4] She went on to sit in the stroke seat of the crew that 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 won a bronze medal in the women’s pair at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [5]


She won a silver medal in the women’s eight at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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References

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