Caileigh Filmer
Canadian rower (born 1996)
Caileigh Filmer (born December 18, 1996) is a Canadian rower from Victoria, British Columbia.[ 1]
Caileigh graduated from Mount Douglas Secondary in 2014 and started at University of California in fall of 2014.[ 2] 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in the coxless pair event alongside Larissa Werbicki .[ 3]
At only 19 years of age, she was selected to her first Olympic Games to represent Canada at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's eight event.[ 4]
In 2017 she became the U-23 world champion in the women’s eight at the U-23 world championships in Bulgaria.
The following year, she became the 2018 world champion in the women's coxless pair winning her title with Hillary Janssens at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv.
She next won a bronze medal in the women’s pair at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo .[ 5]
She went on to win a silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics,in the women’s eight.
References
^ "Caileigh Filmer" . Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website . June 28, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2021 .^ "Caileigh Filmer" . California Golden Bears . Retrieved June 7, 2016 .^ "Larissa Werbicki" . Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website . June 25, 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2020 .^ Ewing, Lori (June 28, 2016). "Canada announces 26-member Olympic rowing team" . Canadian Press . Retrieved June 28, 2016 . ^ Dheensaw, Cleve (June 16, 2021). "Island family connections abound as Rowing Canada names Olympic team" . Times Colonist . Retrieved June 27, 2021 .
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