Erika Fairweather
Erika Fairweather (born 31 December 2003) is a New Zealand swimmer[1] who competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships and the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Nationality | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Dunedin, New Zealand | 31 December 2003|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fairweather was born in Dunedin, She is of mixed European and Māori descent, affiliating with Ngāi Tahu iwi.[2] She attended Kavanagh College and was head girl in 2021.[3]
In 2018 she competed at both the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Games.[4] In August 2019, Fairweather won the gold medal in the 200 metres freestyle at the World Junior Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary, breaking her own New Zealand age-group record with a time of 1:57.96. She finished fourth in the final of the 400 metres, again breaking her own national age-group record with a time of 4:08.78.[5]
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Fairweather finished second in her heat of the 400 metres freestyle, breaking the New Zealand record (set by Lauren Boyle in 2012), with a time of 4:02.28.[6]
References
- "Junior swimmer Erika Fairweather qualifies for world championships". Stuff. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- "FOUR SWIMMERS SELECTED FOR YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES". www.swimming.org.nz. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- Cully, Paul (26 July 2021). "Erika Fairweather's schoolmates burst with pride at teenager's Tokyo Olympics feats". Stuff. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Erika Fairweather". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- "Kiwi swimmer Erika Fairweather powers to world junior gold in 200m freestyle," stuff.co.nz. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- "Tokyo Olympics: Erika Fairweather swims race of her life against stars to make 400m final | Stuff.co.nz". web.archive.org. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
External links
- Erika Fairweather at World Aquatics
- Erika Fairweather at SwimRankings.net
- Erika Fairweather at Olympics.com
- Erika Fairweather at Olympedia
- Erika Fairweather at the New Zealand Olympic Committee