Caileigh Filmer

Caileigh Filmer (born December 18, 1996 in Victoria , British Columbia ) is a Canadian rower .

The 1.72 m tall Caileigh Filmer began rowing in 2010. In 2013 she took eighth place at the Junior World Championships with the four-man without a helmsman . At the Junior World Championships in 2014 , she and Larissa Werbicki won silver in a pair without a helmsman . A fortnight later, the two won bronze at the Youth Olympic Games . In 2015, the Canadian four-man without helmsman won the silver medal at the U23 World Championships with Caileigh Filmer, Morgan Cathrea, Hillary Janssens and Nicole Hare .

At the 2016 Olympics , Filmer rowed eighth and finished fifth. In 2017 she won the U23 World Championships with eighth place . In 2018 Janssens and Filmer won the World Cup regatta in Belgrade in a pair without a helmsman , and in Lucerne they took second place behind the New Zealanders Grace Prendergast and Kerri Gowler . At the World Championships in Plovdiv, the Canadians won ahead of the New Zealanders. In the following year, Janssens and Filmer competed at the World Championships in Linz both in two and eight. In two they won the bronze medal behind the New Zealanders and the Australians, whose crews also competed in eighth. In eighth place, New Zealand won ahead of Australia and the boat from the United States, the Canadians reached fourth place and thus the direct Olympic qualification for 2020.

Web links

• Caileigh Filmer in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Caileigh Filmer at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )