Sarah Cowley
Sarah Cowley at TNT – Fortuna Meeting in Kladno
Personal information
Nationality New Zealand
Born (1984-02-03) 3 February 1984 (age 40)
Rotorua, New Zealand
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Country New Zealand
SportAthletics
EventHeptathlon
Coached byElena Vinogradova
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  New Zealand
Oceania Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2000 Adelaide 100 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 2000 Adelaide High jump
Updated on 17 May 2013.

Sarah Cowley (married name Cowley-Ross, born 3 February 1984) is a New Zealand track and field athlete. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's heptathlon event.[1][2] She will be reporting from the Tokyo Olympics for TVNZ.[3]

Personal life

Cowley was born to a Samoan father and a Pākehā European New Zealand mother. Her brother Garrick Cowley is a rugby union player who has played for the Samoa national rugby union team.[4]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  New Zealand
2000 Oceania Youth Championships Adelaide, Australia 1st 100 m hurdles 15.01 (wind: 1.7 m/s)
1st High jump 1.71 m
World Junior Championships Santiago, Chile 9th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 45.71
2005 Universiade Izmir, Turkey 12th Long jump 5.50 m
2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia 10th Heptathlon 4734 pts
2009 Universiade Belgrade, Serbia – Heptathlon DNF
2011 Universiade Shenzhen, China 18th Heptathlon 4662 pts
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 26th Heptathlon 5873 pts
2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 9th High jump 1.86 m

References

  1. ^ Sarah Cowley – Athletics – Olympic Athlete|London 2012 Archived 1 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Women's Heptathlon – Olympic Athletics|London 2012". Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  3. ^ Donovan, Emile (8 July 2021). "The Detail: Our Covid Olympics team". Newsroom. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Samoan jersey for Cowley". Bay of Plenty Times. Retrieved 24 October 2011.


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