Sarah Cowley (athlete)

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]

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+12 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

Personal life

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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

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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

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  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.