Georgina Evers-Swindell
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| Gold | Athens 2004 | Double Sculls | |
Georgina Evers-Swindell (born October 10, 1978 in Hastings, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rower. She competes in the double sculls with her identical twin sister Caroline Evers-Swindell. In November 2005 she and her sister were named Rowing Female Crew of the Year by the International Rowing Federation (FISA).
In 2001 she won silver at the World Championships in both the double and quadruple sculls. Together with her sister she won gold at both the 2002 and 2003 Rowing World Championships in the double sculls. She also won, again with her sister, the 2004 Olympic gold medal.
In 2002, she broke the indoor 2000 m rowing world record, recording a time of 6m 28.5s beating the previous record by 2.1s.
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