Malindi Myers

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Malindi Myers
Personal information
Nationality British
Born (1970-10-03) 3 October 1970 (age 55)
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Zagreb LW2-
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1996 Glasgow LW4-
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1999 St. Catharines LW2-
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1997 Aiguebelette-le-Lac LW2-

Malindi Myers (born 3 October 1970) is a British civil servant and former international rower.

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Rowing career

Myers rowed for Durham University Boat Club while studying economics. [1] After winning two golds at the 1996 National Championships in the coxless four and eights [2] she was part of the British crew that won silver in the Lightweight Women's Coxless Four at the 1996 World Rowing Championships. [3]

She won further medals at both the 1997 World Rowing Championships and the 1999 World Rowing Championships before becoming a World Champion at the 2000 World Rowing Championships, winning the Lightweight Women's Coxless Pair alongside Miriam Taylor. [4]

Economist

Following a Masters in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics she joined HM Treasury as a junior economist after university, and later took time out to prepare for the 1996 World Rowing Championships. [5]

After the 1996 World Championships she returned to the Civil Service and then to the European Commission on a secondment scheme. She secured a job with the Government Economic Service before joining the Office for National Statistics. [5]

References

  1. "Catalogue of Durham University Records: Associations and Societies - DU Boat Club". Durham University Library. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  2. "NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (1996)". Rowing Story. 12 February 2020.
  3. "Malindi MYERS - worldrowing.com". World Rowing. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  4. Page, Geoffrey (6 August 2000). "Rowing: Britain recover with double gold". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  5. 1 2 "GES Career Stories". GOV.UK. Retrieved 14 September 2018.