| Sarah Cowley | |
| Birth Date: | 3 February 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Rotorua, New Zealand |
| Weight: | 67kg (148lb) |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Heptathlon |
| Coach: | Elena Vinogradova |
| Updated: | 17 May 2013 |
Sarah Cowley (married name Cowley-Ross, born 3 February 1984) is a New Zealand track and field athlete. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's heptathlon event.[1] [2] She will be reporting from the Tokyo Olympics for TVNZ.[3]
Cowley was born to a Samoan father and a Pākehā European New Zealand mother. Her brother Garrick Cowley is a rugby union player who has played for the Samoa national rugby union team.[4]
| Representing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Oceania Youth Championships | Adelaide, Australia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 100 m hurdles | 15.01 (wind: 1.7 m/s) |
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | High jump | 1.71 m | |||
| World Junior Championships | Santiago, Chile | 9th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 45.71 | ||
| 2005 | Universiade | Izmir, Turkey | 12th | Long jump | 5.50 m | |
| 2006 | Commonwealth Games | Melbourne, Australia | 10th | Heptathlon | 4734 pts | |
| 2009 | Universiade | Belgrade, Serbia | – | Heptathlon | DNF | |
| 2011 | Universiade | Shenzhen, China | 18th | Heptathlon | 4662 pts | |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 26th | Heptathlon | 5873 pts | |
| 2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 9th | High jump | 1.86 m | |