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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.

Erika Fairweather
Personal information
NationalityNew Zealand
Born (2003-12-31) 31 December 2003 (age 18)
Dunedin, New Zealand
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  New Zealand
World Junior Championships
2019 Budapest200 m freestyle

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


  1. "Junior swimmer Erika Fairweather qualifies for world championships". Stuff. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  2. "FOUR SWIMMERS SELECTED FOR YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES". www.swimming.org.nz. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  3. Cully, Paul (26 July 2021). "Erika Fairweather's schoolmates burst with pride at teenager's Tokyo Olympics feats". Stuff. Retrieved 4 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Erika Fairweather". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  5. "Kiwi swimmer Erika Fairweather powers to world junior gold in 200m freestyle," stuff.co.nz. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  6. "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.


Awards
Preceded by
Alice Robinson
 Halberg Awards – Emerging Talent Award
2021		 Incumbent

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Erika Jane Fairweather (Dunedin, 31 de diciembre de 2003) es una deportista noezelandesa que compite en natación, especialista en el estilo libre.[1]


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