Georgina Evers-Swindell

Georgina Evers-Swindell (born October 10, 1978 in Hastings ) is a former New Zealand rower . Together with her identical twin sister Caroline she competed in races in the double scull competition class .

In 2001 she won silver with the double scull and the double scull at the World Rowing Championships in Lucerne . Together with her sister, she won the gold medal in double sculls at the 2002 World Championships in Seville and 2003 in Milan . Also with her sister, she became Olympic champion at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens .

After winning the world championship title again in Gifu in 2005 , he won bronze in 2006 and silver in 2007 . At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008, the sisters fought a close duel with the German Annekatrin Thiele and Christiane Huth , with a lead of a hundredth of a second the two New Zealanders won their second Olympic gold medal.

In 2002 she set the world record in indoor rowing over 2000 meters. She achieved a time of 6: 28.5 min. In 2016 she and her sister Caroline were awarded the Thomas Keller Medal by the World Rowing Association.

Web links

• Georgina Evers-Swindell in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Georgina Evers-Swindell at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
• Portrait on results-beijing ( memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )