Sarah Cowley (athlete)

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Sarah Cowley
Sarah Cowley at TNT - Fortuna Meeting in Kladno 16June2010 047.jpg
Sarah Cowley at TNT – Fortuna Meeting in Kladno
Personal information
Born (1984-02-03) 3 February 1984 (age 41)
Rotorua, New Zealand
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Spouse Angus Ross
Relative Garrick Cowley (brother)
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportAthletics
Event Heptathlon
Coached byElena Vinogradova
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Oceania Youth Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Adelaide 100 m hurdles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Adelaide High jump
Updated on 17 May 2013

Sarah Cowley (married name Cowley-Ross, born 3 February 1984) is a New Zealand track and field athlete. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's heptathlon event. [1] [2] She will be reporting from the Tokyo Olympics for TVNZ. [3]

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Personal life

Cowley was born to a Samoan father and a Pākehā European New Zealand mother. Her brother Garrick Cowley is a rugby union player who has played for the Samoa national rugby union team. [4]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
2000 Oceania Youth Championships Adelaide, Australia 1st100 m hurdles15.01 (wind: 1.7 m/s)
1stHigh jump1.71 m
World Junior Championships Santiago, Chile 9th (h)4 × 100 m relay 45.71
2005 Universiade Izmir, Turkey 12thLong jump 5.50 m
2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia 10thHeptathlon 4734 pts
2009 Universiade Belgrade, Serbia –Heptathlon DNF
2011 Universiade Shenzhen, China 18thHeptathlon 4662 pts
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 26thHeptathlon 5873 pts
2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 9thHigh jump 1.86 m

References

  1. ↑ Sarah Cowley – Athletics – Olympic Athlete|London 2012 Archived 1 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Women's Heptathlon – Olympic Athletics|London 2012". Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  3. ↑ Donovan, Emile (8 July 2021). "The Detail: Our Covid Olympics team". Newsroom . Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Samoan jersey for Cowley". Bay of Plenty Times. Retrieved 24 October 2011.


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