Caileigh Filmer

{{Short description|Canadian rower (born 1996)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2018}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Caileigh Filmer

| nationality = Canadian

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|12|18}}

| birth_place = Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

| height = 169 cm

| weight = 76 kg

| country = Canada

| sport = Rowing

| event = Coxless pair, Coxless four, Eight

| club =

| collegeteam = University of California, Berkeley

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's rowing}}

{{MedalCountry|{{CAN}}}}

{{MedalOlympics}}

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{{MedalSilver|2024 Paris|Eight}}

{{MedalBronze | 2020 Tokyo | Coxless pair }}

{{MedalComp|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Plovdiv|Coxless pair}}

{{MedalBronze|2019 Ottensheim|Coxless pair}}

{{MedalComp|World Championships (U23)}}

{{MedalGold|2017 Plovdiv|Eight}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Plovdiv|Coxless four}}

{{MedalComp|Youth Olympics}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Nanjing|Coxless pair}}

{{MedalComp|World Championships (Junior)}}

{{MedalSilver|2014 Hamburg|Coxless pair}}

}}

Caileigh Filmer (born December 18, 1996) is a Canadian rower from Victoria, British Columbia.{{Cite web|title=Caileigh Filmer|url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/caileigh-filmer/|access-date=2021-06-27|website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website|date=June 28, 2016 |language=en-US}}

Caileigh graduated from Mount Douglas Secondary in 2014 and started at University of California in fall of 2014.{{cite news |title=Caileigh Filmer |url=http://www.calbears.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209664395 |newspaper=California Golden Bears |access-date=June 7, 2016 }}

She won a bronze medal at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in the coxless pair event alongside Larissa Werbicki.{{cite web |title=Larissa Werbicki |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/larissa-werbicki/ |website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website |accessdate=28 May 2020 |date=25 June 2019}}

At only 19 years of age, she was selected to her first Olympic Games to represent Canada at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's eight event.{{cite news |last=Ewing |first=Lori |date=June 28, 2016 |title=Canada announces 26-member Olympic rowing team |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/rio2016/rowing/canada-olympic-rowing-crews-announced-1.3655741 |newspaper=Canadian Press |location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada |access-date=June 28, 2016 }} She went on to sit in the stroke seat of the crew that placed fifth in the Olympic final.

In 2017 she became the U-23 world champion in the women’s eight at the U-23 world championships in Bulgaria.

The following year, she became the 2018 world champion in the women's coxless pair winning her title with Hillary Janssens at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv.

She next won a bronze medal in the women’s pair at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.{{Cite web|last=Dheensaw|first=Cleve|title=Island family connections abound as Rowing Canada names Olympic team|url=https://www.timescolonist.com/sports/island-family-connections-abound-as-rowing-canada-names-olympic-team-1.24331066|access-date=2021-06-27|website=Times Colonist|date=June 16, 2021 }}

She went on to win a silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics,in the women’s eight.