Kerri Williams, born Kerri Leigh Gowler on 18 December 1993, is a former New Zealand rower who is an Olympic champion, a five-time world champion and a double Olympic medallist. Born in Raetihi and of Māori descent, affiliating with Rangitāne iwi, she was educated at Nga Tawa Diocesan School in Marton, took up rowing in 2009 and became a member of the Aramoho Wanganui Rowing Club. She joined the New Zealand women's eight in 2013, won the coxless four at the 2014 World Rowing Championships and finished fourth in the eight at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Paired with Grace Prendergast, she became world champion in the pair in 2017 and 2019, and at the Tokyo 2020 Games she won Olympic gold in the pair and silver in the eight.
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is a former New Zealand rower
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Born 18 December 1993 in Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui NZL
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is a former New Zealand rower
Competed In: 2016 Summer Olympics, Career, 2016 Olympics
With the women's eight, she came fourth at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Competed In: 2020 Summer Olympics, Career, Tokyo 2020
Competing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at the Sea Forest Waterway
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