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