Georgina Evers-Swindell

Georgina Earl

ONZM

Earl in 2009
Personal information
Birth name	Georgina Emma Buchanan Evers-Swindell
Full name	Georgina Emma Buchanan Earl
Born	(1978-10-10) 10 October 1978 (age 46) Hastings, New Zealand
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Spouse	Sam Earl
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	Hamilton Rowing Club Hawkes Bay Rowing Club
Medal record Women's rowing Representing  New Zealand Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 2 0 0 World Championships 3 3 1 Total 5 3 1 Olympic Games 2004 Athens Double sculls 2008 Beijing Double sculls World Championships 2002 Seville Double sculls 2003 Milan Double sculls 2005 Gifu Double sculls 2001 Lucerne Double sculls 2001 Lucerne Quadruple sculls 2007 Munich Double sculls 2006 Eton Double sculls

Georgina Emma Buchanan Earl ONZM (born 10 October 1978 in Hastings, New Zealand), better known under her maiden name Georgina Evers-Swindell, is a New Zealand former rower. She competed in the double sculls with her identical twin sister Caroline Evers-Swindell, and is a double Olympic gold medallist, having won at Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008. In November 2005 she and her sister were named Rowing Female Crew of the Year by the International Rowing Federation (FISA), and in 2016 they became the first New Zealanders to be awarded the federation's highest award, the Thomas Keller Medal.^[1] She currently resides in Napier, New Zealand.