Eve Macfarlane

Macfarlane was born in 1992{{cite web |title=Eve Macfarlane |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/33158/macfarlane-eve |publisher=International Rowing Federation |access-date=7 November 2015 |archive-date=7 September 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150907180610/http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/33158/macfarlane-eve |url-status=dead }} and grew up in Parnassus, just north of Cheviot.{{cite news |last1=Leggat |first1=David |title=Rowing: The schoolground tap on the shoulder that led to London |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10802036 |access-date=7 November 2015 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=28 April 2012}} She was educated at Rangi Ruru Girls' School in Christchurch where she was into many sports, including "netball, basketball, athletics, volleyball, touch, cross-country running".{{cite news |last=Tutty |first=Kevin |title=Olympic rower Macfarlane made right choice |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/6517120/Olympic-rower-Macfarlane-made-right-choice |access-date=7 October 2013 |work=stuff.co.nz |date=3 March 2012}} She excelled at any sport she tried and Rex Farrelly, Rangi Ruru's long-term rowing coach, asked her if she wanted to try rowing, which she started in 2009. Farrelly says that "there's very few natural rowers. Eve was one." Gary Hay, one of the other rowing coaches at Rangi Ruru, describes her as a natural rower:

{{Blockquote|text=She possessed the natural timing and rhythm you look for in a rower. She had all the obvious physical attributes, the length of her arms and legs, incredible reach and she's strong. She was made to row really, in terms of her physique. |author=Gary Hay, rowing coach}}

Macfarlane competed for Rangi Ruru in the 2009 and 2010 Maadi Cup national secondary school rowing championships, and was a member of the crews that won the Levin 75th Jubilee Cup (girls under-18 eights) and Dawn Cup (girls under-18 coxed fours) for the school in both years.{{cite web |url= http://www.rowit.co.nz/results/mads2009?pid=15136 |title= Eve Macfarlane – 2009 Maadi Cup |access-date= 5 January 2014}}{{cite web |url= http://www.rowit.co.nz/results/mads2010?pid=15136 |title= Eve Macfarlane – 2010 Maadi Cup |access-date= 5 January 2014}} Her 2009 Maadi Cup appearance guaranteed her a place in the junior women's eight that went to the World Rowing Junior Championships in August 2009 in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France; within months of having taken up rowing, she won a silver medal at a World Rowing Junior Championship.{{cite web |title=(JW8+) Junior Women's Eight – Final |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2009-world-junior-championships/junior-womens-eight/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation|access-date=7 November 2015}} Zoe Stevenson and Francie Turner were also in the boat.

Macfarlane changed to a women's four and with Beatrix Heaphy-Hall, Jennifer Storey, and Grace Prendergast, she won gold at the 2010 World Rowing Junior Championships in Račice, Czech Republic.{{cite web |title=(JW4-) Junior Women's Four – Final |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2010-world-junior-championships/junior-womens-four/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation|access-date=7 November 2015}} At the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, she won the B Final with Beatrix Heaphy-Hall in the junior women's pair.{{cite web |title=(JW2-) Junior Women's Pair – Final |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2010-youth-olympic-games/junior-womens-pair/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation|access-date=7 November 2015}}

She changed to the elite class in 2011, having skipped the under 23 class, and came under the guidance of national coach Dick Tonks. Tonks changed her from a sweep rower to a sculler and placed her in a women's quadruple scull. The four, which included Sarah Gray, Fiona Bourke and Louise Trappitt, surprised themselves by winning bronze at the regattas in Hamburg (Germany) and Lucerne (Switzerland).{{cite web |title=(W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls – Final |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2011-worldcup-2/womens-quadruple-sculls/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation|access-date=7 November 2015}}{{cite web |title=(W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls – Final |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2011-world-rowing-cup-iii/womens-quadruple-sculls/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation|access-date=7 November 2015}} They maintained their form and won a bronze at the 2011 World Rowing Championships at Lake Bled in Bled, Slovenia.{{cite web |title=(W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls – Final |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2011-world-championships/womens-quadruple-sculls/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation|access-date=7 November 2015}}

In 2012, Macfarlane competed with the women's quad at regattas in Lucerne (Switzerland; fourth place) and Munich (Germany; fifth place).{{cite web |title=(W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls – Final |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2012-worldcup-2/womens-quadruple-sculls/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation|access-date=7 November 2015}}{{cite web |title=(W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls – Final |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2012-world-rowing-cup-iii/womens-quadruple-sculls/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation|access-date=7 November 2015}} The quad then went to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with a strong expectation for a medal when Trappitt "caught a crab" and snapped an oar at the 1500 m mark in the repechage. This cost the team their place in the final (they would have had to be within the first four but came last in the repechage), and they subsequently came first in the B final.{{cite news|last1=Hinton|first1=Marc|title=Bad luck strikes as Kiwi quad tumble out|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/rowing/7379723/Bad-luck-strikes-as-Kiwi-quad-tumble-out|access-date=7 November 2015|work=Stuff|date=30 July 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/athletes/99474eb4-0898-4230-a402-1f4df112448e |title= Eve Macfarlane|publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=8 September 2012}}{{cite web |title=(W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls – Final |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2012-olympic-games/womens-quadruple-sculls/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation|access-date=7 November 2015}} Macfarlane was New Zealand's youngest representative in London.

In 2013, Macfarlane was part of the women's eight. At regattas in Sydney (Australia) and Lucerne (Switzerland), they came fifth and sixth, respectively.{{cite web |title=(W8+) Women's Eight – Final |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2013-worldcup-1/womens-eight/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |access-date=7 November 2015}}{{cite web |title=(W8+) Women's Eight – Final |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2013-world-rowing-cup-iii/womens-eight/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |access-date=7 November 2015}} At the 2013 World Rowing Championships held at Tangeum Lake in Chungju, South Korea, the eight came first in the B final.{{cite web |title=(W8+) Women's Eight – Final |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2013-world-championships/womens-eight/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |access-date=7 November 2015}}

Macfarlane did not race in 2014. At regattas in Varese (Italy) and Lucerne (Switzerland) in 2015, she competed in the double sculls with Zoe Stevenson, winning gold in both finals.{{cite web |title=(W2x) Women's Double Sculls – Final |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2015-world-rowing-cup-ii/womens-double-sculls/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |access-date=7 November 2015}}{{cite web |title=(W2x) Women's Double Sculls – Final |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2015-world-rowing-cup-iii/womens-double-sculls/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |access-date=7 November 2015}} The pair went to the 2015 World Rowing Championships held at Lac d'Aiguebelette in Aiguebelette, France, and again won gold.{{cite web |title=(W2x) Women's Double Sculls – Final |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2015-world-rowing-championships/womens-double-sculls/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |access-date=7 November 2015}} Stevenson and Macfarlane qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics, but were beaten in the semi-finals by the US by 5/100 into fourth place, thus missing the A final.{{cite news|last1=Cleaver|first1=Dylan|title=Rio Olympics 2016: Shock losses for Kiwi rowing crews|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11690517|access-date=10 August 2016|work=The New Zealand Herald|date=10 August 2016}} In November 2016, both Macfarlane and Stevenson announced that they would take the 2017 rowing season off.{{cite news | title=Rowing pair Hamish Bond and Eric Murray put golden partnership on hold | url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11750591 | access-date=20 November 2016 | work=The New Zealand Herald | date=18 November 2016}} Macfarlane announced her retirement from elite Rowing on 26 October 2021.

Macfarlane lives in Cambridge to be close to Lake Karapiro for her rowing training. She holds a Diploma in Art and Creativity with honours, obtained through extramural study at the Learning Connexion in Wellington.{{cite web |title=Row Your Art Out! |url=http://tlcxpress.ac.nz/2013/11/row-your-art-out/ |publisher=The Learning Connexion |access-date=7 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113223840/http://tlcxpress.ac.nz/2013/11/row-your-art-out/ |archive-date=13 January 2015 |date=11 November 2013}}

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