Erika Fairweather
New Zealand swimmer (born 2003)
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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.
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| Born | 31 December 2003 Dunedin, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
At the 2024 World Aquatics Championships she finished first in the 400m freestyle, breaking her New Zealand record with a time of 3:59.44 and becoming New Zealand's first ever world champion at the World Aquatics Championships.[8]
