Rory Harris
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| Born | 9 August 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Leander Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Rory Harris (born 9 August 1998) is a British rower. Competing in the quadruple sculls, he won a gold medal at the 2025 European Championships and a silver medal at the 2025 World Championships.[1]
Career
[edit]Harris is from a family of rowers, but initially took part in cross country running before focusing on rowing in secondary school.[2] He started rowing at Walton Rowing Club, later competing for Pangbourne, and Molesey and Leander Club. He studied at University of Reading, where he had success in British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) rowing.[3][4]
He won the gold medal at the 2025 European Rowing Championships in Plovdiv in the men's quadruple sculls as the team of Harris, Callum Dixon, Cedol Dafydd and Matt Haywood achieved a European best time of five minutes and 35 seconds.It was Great Britain's first ever European gold in the men’s quadruple sculls.[5] It was Great Britain's first ever European gold in the men’s quadruple sculls.[2] He won the 2025 World Rowing Cup Series with the British men’s quad, placing third in Varese and winning the event in Lucerne.[6][7]
He won the silver medal at the 2025 World Rowing Championships in Shanghai in the men's quadruple sculls with, Dixon, Dafydd and Haywood, as they finished runner-up to the boat from Italy.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Rory Harris". World Rowing. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ^ a b "In Conversation with Anything but Footy Olympic and Paralympic Podcast". British Rowing. 11 June 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ^ "Rory Harris". British Rowing. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ^ "British Rowing Awards: University Crew of the Year winner". British Rowing. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ^ "Leander athletes help GB smash European Championship records". Henley Standard. 9 June 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ^ "NINE NATIONS WIN INDIVIDUAL WORLD ROWING CUP TROPHIES". World Rowing. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ^ "It's coming home… Great Britain Wins World Rowing Cup". British Rowing. 29 June 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ^ Ringland, Nigel (25 September 2025). "Double silver for GB quads at World Championships". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
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