Erika Fairweather
Personal information
Born (2003-12-31) 31 December 2003 (age 20)
Dunedin, New Zealand
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  New Zealand
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships (LC) 1 1 2
World Championships (SC) 0 2 0
World Junior Championships 1 0 0
Total 2 3 2
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2024 Doha 400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2024 Doha 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Fukuoka 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Doha 800 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 2022 Melbourne 400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Melbourne 800 m freestyle
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest 200 m freestyle

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.

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]

At the 2023 World Aquatics Championships she finished third in the 400m freestyle in the 'race of the century', breaking her New Zealand record with a time of 3:59.59.[7]

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.
  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". 26 July 2021. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  7. ^ Pender, Kieran (23 July 2023). "Titmus breaks world record to reign over Ledecky and McIntosh in swimming's 'Race of the Century'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 24 July 2023.

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Awards Preceded byAlice Robinson Halberg Awards – Emerging Talent Award 2021 Succeeded byGustav Legnavsky
World long-course champions in women's 400 m freestyle
2020 New Zealand Olympic team
2022 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team
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