Kerri Gowler

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Kerri Gowler
Aiguebelette 5 Sep 2015 NZL Gowler-Prendergast (cropped).JPG
Kerri Gowler and Grace Prendergast
Personal information
Born (1993-12-18) 18 December 1993 (age 28)
Raetihi, New Zealand
Education Nga Tawa Diocesan School [1]
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb) [2]
Relatives Jackie Gowler (sister)
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
Sport Rowing
Event(s)Coxless pair, Coxless four, Eight
ClubAramaho Wanganui
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Coxless pair
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Eight
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Amsterdam Coxless four
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Sarasota Coxless pair
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Ottensheim Coxless pair
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 Ottensheim Eight
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Plovdiv Coxless pair
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Aiguebelette Coxless pair
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2015 AiguebeletteEight

Kerri Gowler (born 18 December 1993) is a New Zealand rower. She is a national champion, an Olympic champion and double medallist, a three-time world champion and a current (2019) world champion in both the coxless pair and the women's eight.

Gowler was born in Raetihi in 1993. [3] She is of Māori descent, affiliating with Rangitāne iwi. [4] She received her education at Nga Tawa Diocesan School in Marton. The school first started to offer a rowing programme in 2008 and a year later, Gowler took this up. At the time, she was also competing as an equestrian but soon started focussing on rowing so much that she had to choose one of the sports. Her trainer told her three weeks after she had started rowing that she would one day represent New Zealand. Jackie Gowler, her younger sister by three years, took up rowing in 2010 inspired by her success; they have both made it into the New Zealand national rowing team. Their elder sister, Jaimee Gowler, remains active with horse riding. [5] [6] After school, Gowler became a member of the Aramoho Wanganui Rowing Club. [3]

Gowler's international career started in 2013 with the women's eight. After participation in two World Rowing Cups she won the B-final at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju, South Korea. [7] Gowler won the gold medal in the coxless four at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam alongside Kayla Pratt, Kelsey Bevan, and Grace Prendergast. [8] With the women's eight, she came fourth at the 2016 Rio Olympics. [9] She is New Zealand Olympian number 1278. [3]

At the 2017 World Rowing Championships, she became world champion in the women's pair partnered with Prendergast. [10] Gowler and Prendergast regained that title at the 2019 World Rowing Championships.

Competing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at the Sea Forest Waterway, Prendergast and Gowler won their heat, [11] the semi-final in a new world best time (beaten ten minutes earlier by Greece in the first semi-final), and the A final, for Olympic gold. [12] [13] They also won the heat in the eight, just three hours after their pair's heat. [11] In the final, the New Zealand eight won silver behind Canada. [14]

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References

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  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kerri Gowler". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
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  4. ↑ Paewai, Kara (July 2021). "Rangitāne sisters Kerri & Jackie Gowler part of NZ's magnificent eight rowers". www.tvnz.co.nz. Retrieved 4 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ Campbell, Maggie (14 May 2014). "Rowing: Sisters show they have pulling power". Wanganui Chronicle . Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Jackie Gowler". International Rowing Federation . Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Kerri Gowler". International Rowing Federation . Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "W4- Results" (PDF). Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  9. ↑ Alderson, Andrew (14 August 2016). "Rio Olympics 2016: Gold for Mahe Drysdale". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "(W2-) Women's Pair – Final". International Rowing Federation . Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  11. 1 2 Anderson, Ian (24 July 2021). "New Zealand pair win both races to be on track for rowing golds at Tokyo Olympics". Stuff . Retrieved 29 July 2021.
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  13. ↑ "Prendergast and Gowler win first gold for New Zealand at Tokyo Olympics". The Guardian . 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
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