Malindi Myers Explained

Malindi Myers
Birth Date:3 October 1970
Nationality:British
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Malindi Myers (born 3 October 1970) is a British civil servant and former international rower.

Rowing career

Myers rowed for Durham University Boat Club while studying economics.[1] After winning two golds at the 1996 National Championships in the coxless four and eights[2] she was part of the British crew that won silver in the Lightweight Women's Coxless Four at the 1996 World Rowing Championships.[3]

She won further medals at both the 1997 World Rowing Championships and the 1999 World Rowing Championships before becoming a World Champion at the 2000 World Rowing Championships, winning the Lightweight Women's Coxless Pair alongside Miriam Taylor.[4]

Economist

Following a Masters in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics she joined HM Treasury as a junior economist after university, and later took time out to prepare for the 1996 World Rowing Championships.[5]

After the 1996 World Championships she returned to the Civil Service and then to the European Commission on a secondment scheme. She secured a job with the Government Economic Service before joining the Office for National Statistics.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Catalogue of Durham University Records: Associations and Societies - DU Boat Club . Durham University Library . 16 September 2018 . en.
  2. Web site: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (1996). Rowing Story.
  3. Web site: Malindi MYERS - worldrowing.com . World Rowing . 14 September 2018.
  4. Web site: Page . Geoffrey . Rowing: Britain recover with double gold . The Daily Telegraph . 14 September 2018 . 6 August 2000.
  5. Web site: GES Career Stories . GOV.UK . 14 September 2018 . en.