Jessica Leyden
Jessica Leyden (born 22 February 1995) is a British rower.
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| Born | 22 February 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Todmorden, West Yorkshire[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In 2013, she won single sculls gold at the World Rowing Junior Championships, which made her the first British woman to win a global solo openweight rowing title at any level.[2] At the time, she was a student at Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School.[3] She won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida, as part of the quadruple sculls with Bethany Bryan, Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne and Holly Nixon.[4]
Leyden has twice won the Wingfield Sculls in 2016 and 2019 and also in 2019 it was announced she would represent Team GB at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.[5]
References
- Jessica Leyden at British Rowing
- Rachel Quarrell (12 August 2013). "Jessica Leyden claims gold for Britain at junior world rowing championship". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- "2017 World Championship" (PDF). 2017 World Rowing Championships. World Rowing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
External links
- Jessica Leyden at FISA WorldRowing.com
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