MACFARLANE Eve

New Zealand

Rowing

Date of Birth: 27 Sep 1992

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Youth Olympian

Place of birth: RANGIORA

Birth Country:

New Zealand

Place of residence : NEW ZEALAND

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rowing	Women's Quadruple Sculls NZL New Zealand	8

Schedule

Change

Location	Event	Status
Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Quadruple Sculls Heat 1 #21	Finished
Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Quadruple Sculls Repechage 1 #58	Finished
Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Quadruple Sculls Final B #84	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	2x	4x
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	12	-
2012	London, GBR	-	7

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	2-
2010	Singapore, SIN	7

World Championships

Year	Location	2x	4-	4x	8+
2019	Linz, AUT	-	11	-	-
2015	Aiguebelette-le-Lac, FRA	1	-	-	-
2013	Chungju, KOR	-	-	-	7
2011	Bled, SLO	-	-	3	-

World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
6	Four	2019	Rotterdam, NED	7:06.18
9	Four	2019	Poznan, POL	7:11.06

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, EXC - Excluded

Hobbies:

Art. (Instagram profile, 15 Jun 2021)

Occupation:

Artist, Athlete, Business Owner

Education:

Visual Arts - University of Waikato, Hamilton, NZL

Family:

Partner Chris Morrison

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

Canterbury Rowing Club [Christchurch, NZL]

Coach:

Mike Rodger [national], NZL

Sporting relatives:

Her partner Chris Morrison has rowed for New Zealand at U23 level, winning silver in quadruple sculls at the 2013 U23 World Championships in Linz, Austria. (SportsDeskOnline, 09 Jul 2021; newsroom.co.nz, 21 Oct 2018)

Injuries:

She crashed a scooter in Thailand in early 2014 which resulted in a visit to hospital. She decided to remove herself from the 2014 New Zealand national trials and took a five-month break from sport to fully recover. (rowingnz.kiwi, 13 Oct 2014)

Start:

She began the sport in 2008 at age 16 at Rangi Ruru Girls' School in Christchurch, New Zealand. (stuff.co.nz, 03 Mar 2012; worldrowing.com, 2011)

Reason:

At school she played netball, basketball, volleyball, touch rugby, athletics and other sports, until the school's rowing director suggested she give rowing a try. "I gave it a go and loved it from then on. I just can't seem to get enough of the love-hate relationship rowing has to offer." (stuff.co.nz, 03 Mar 2012; worldrowing.com, 2011)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (stuff.co.nz, 04 Feb 2021; whanganuihigh.school.nz, 24 Jun 2021)

Memorable:

Winning gold in double sculls at the 2015 World Championships in Aiguebelette, France, and competing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (megsandsoph.com, 11 Aug 2019)

Philosophy:

"I row because there are many challenges every day that you have to master. It's basically self-satisfaction yet within a team. It's the determination that gets me out of bed in the mornings to be the best I can." (Inspire Foundation Facebook page, 11 Apr 2013)

Award:

She was a 2015 New Zealand Prime Minister's Scholarship recipient. (hpsnz.org.nz, 16 Jan 2015)

She won the 2012 Supreme Sportsperson of the Year award for North Canterbury in New Zealand. (Waimakariri Facebook page, 26 Oct 2012)

In April 2011, she was named Canterbury Rower of the Year in New Zealand. (stuff.co.nz, 20 Aug 2011)

General Interest

General
BREAK AND RETURN
After missing out on the double sculls A final at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, she was diagnosed with depression and took a two-year break from the sport, before returning to training in 2018 and joining the women's four crew. "It started to show when I wasn't enjoying going out for a surf. It was then that my family said, 'Why don't you go to the doctor and have a check-up?' And it was then that I was diagnosed. It took me about a year or so to slowly work my way out of this depression." While away from rowing, she built a small house with her partner Chris Morrison, before her desire to return to sport resurfaced. "The percentage of the drive to get back into it just started to increase and increase as time went on." (newsroom.co.nz, 21 Oct 2018)

CHANGING PLACES
She has rowed internationally in a number of different boats. Her career began in junior women's eights where she won a silver medal at the 2009 World Junior Championships in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France. In early 2011 national selectors decided to move her from a sweep oar boat to the quadruple sculls. She moved back to the eights for the 2013 World Championships in Chungju, Republic of Korea, and later teamed up with Zoe Stevenson in the double sculls in early 2015. After taking a two-year break, she was selected as part of the women's four crew in 2019. (rowingnz.kiwi, 01 Jan 2019; stuff.co.nz, 7 Mar 2015; worldrowing.com, 30 Nov 2011)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
Outside of rowing, she and her partner Chris Morrison run Raglan Tiny Homes in New Zealand, selling small, environmentally friendly houses. She has also co-authored the book 'How We Got Happy - Stories of Health, Hope and Happiness from 20 Young Kiwis Who Beat Depression', and is an artist. "Art for me is also a way to clear my mind, free my spirit and, when I am rowing full on, art is exactly what I need to keep me alive." (raglantinyhomes.co.nz, 09 Mar 2019; Instagram profile, 15 Jun 2021; Raglan Tiny Homes Instagram profile, 20 Jun 2021; Facebook page, 21 Nov 2015; tlcexpress.ac.nz, 11 Nov 2013)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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