Kerri Gowler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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New Zealand rower
Date of Birth: 18-Dec-1993
Place of Birth: Whanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui Region, New Zealand
Profession: rower
Nationality: New Zealand
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
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About Kerri Gowler
- Kerri Gowler (born 18 December 1993) is a New Zealand rower.
- She is a national champion, an Olympian, a three-time world champion and a current (2019) world champion in the both the coxless pair and the women's eight. Gowler was born in Raetihi in 1993.
- She received her education at Nga Tawa Diocesan School in Marton.
- The school first started to offer a rowing programme in 2008 and a year later, Gowler took this up.
- At the time, she was also competing as an equestrian but soon started focussing on rowing so much that she had to choose one of the sports.
- Her trainer told her three weeks after she had started rowing that she would one day represent New Zealand.
- Jackie Gowler, her younger sister by three years, took up rowing in 2010 inspired by her success; they have both made it into the New Zealand national rowing team.
- Their elder sister, Jaimee Gowler, remains active with horse riding.
- After school, Gowler became a member of the Aramoho Wanganui Rowing Club.Gowler's international career started in 2013 with the women's eight.
- After participation in two World Rowing Cups she won the B-final at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju, South Korea.
- Gowler won the gold medal in the coxless four at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam alongside Kayla Pratt, Kelsey Bevan, and Grace Prendergast.
- With the women's eight, she came fourth at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
- She is New Zealand Olympian number 1278.At the 2017 World Rowing Championships, she became world champion in the women's pair partnered with Prendergast.
- Gowler and Prendergast regained that title at the 2019 World Rowing Championships.
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