Kerri Williams

EVENT: Women's Four

Kerri Williams (nee Gowler) is a double Olympic medalist having won gold in the Women's Pair and silver in the Eight at Tokyo 2020.

Williams and crewmate Grace Prendergast set the tone early in Tokyo, recording a world record to win their semi-final in 6m 47.41s. The following day they won New Zealand's first gold medal of the Tokyo Games in a time of 6m 50.19s. The next day Williams jumped in the eight to claim silver behind Canada.

Tokyo was Williams' second Olympic Games, after she finished fourth in the Women's Eight at Rio 2016.

In 2014, she broke both the Under-23 Pair and the elite Women's Four records in the same season. Williams and Prendergast won gold at the 2019 World Championships in both the pair and the eight.