Caileigh Filmer
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December 18, 1996 Victoria, British Columbia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| College team | University of California, Berkeley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Caileigh Filmer (born December 18, 1996) is a Canadian national representative rower, an Olympian and a 2018 world champion.
Caileigh graduated from Mount Douglas Secondary in 2014 and started at University of California in fall of 2014.[1] She won a bronze medal at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in the coxless pair event.[2]
She represented Canada in the Rowing World Cup I and Rowing World Cup II in the women's pair in 2016 and then was selected to represent Canada at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's eight event.[3] Her crew placed fifth in the Olympic final.
She is the reigning world champion in the women's coxless pair winning her title with Hillary Janssens at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv.
References
- ↑ "Caileigh Filmer". California Golden Bears. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Double Bronze in China for Canada's future Olympians". Rowing Canada. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
- ↑ Ewing, Lori (June 28, 2016). "Canada announces 26-member Olympic rowing team". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
External links
- Caileigh Filmer at FISA WorldRowing.com
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