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Rowan McKellar

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Rowan McKellar
McKellar at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
Born (1994-05-24) 24 May 1994 (age 30)
Glasgow, Scotland
Home townLochwinnoch, Scotland
Alma materUniversity of California
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportRowing
ClubLeander Club
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Eight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Račice Coxless four
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Belgrade Coxless four
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oberschleißheim Coxless four
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lucerne Eight
Silver medal – second place 2022 Oberschleißheim Eight
Silver medal – second place 2023 Bled Coxless four
Silver medal – second place 2024 Szeged Eight
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Varese Coxless four

Rowan McKellar (born 24 May 1994) is a British rower.[1] A two-time Olympian, McKellar won the bronze medal in the Women's Eight event at the 2024 Summer Games. She also holds gold medals from Women's coxless four events at the European and World Rowing Championships.

Career

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McKellar won a silver medal in the eight at the 2019 European Rowing Championships.[2] In 2021, she won a European bronze medal in the coxless four in Varese, Italy.[3]

McKellar made her Olympic debut at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, held in 2021.[4] There she competed in the coxless four, where she was part of the British team which finished in fourth place.[5]

McKellar won a gold medal in the coxless four at the 2022 European Rowing Championships in Munich, with teammates Rebecca Shorten, Sam Redgrave and Heidi Long.[6] A month later she was part of the gold-medal winning team in the 2022 World Rowing Championships in the Czech municipality of Račice with the same teammates.[7]

At the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, she won the World Championship bronze medal in the women's coxless four.[8]

McKellar won a bronze medal as part of the Great Britain eight at the 2024 Summer Olympics, which was her country's second time finishing in a medal position in that event.[9]

Early life and education

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McKellar is from Glasgow.[5] She was born to parents who both rowed for Scotland in the Commonwealth Games.[4] She graduated from the University of California with a degree in sociology in 2017. She was a member of 2016 NCAA winning eight in her junior college season.[10] In 2017 McKellar was named in the Division I Pocock First Team All-America award, alongside two other rowers from her university.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Athlete Profile". British Rowing. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. ^ "European Rowing Championships: Great Britain men's four win gold in Lucerne". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Women's Four Final A (Final)". World Rowing. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b Smith, Tyrone (27 May 2024). "McKellar overcomes 'imposter syndrome' to set sights on Olympic glory". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  5. ^ a b Winton, Richard (8 August 2024). "Scots end Paris Olympics just short of record tally". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  6. ^ Woods, Mark (13 August 2022). "British rowing bounces back with four golds in European Championships". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. ^ "World Rowing Championships: GB win four golds on penultimate day". BBC. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Rowing - World Championships - 2023". The Sports.org. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  9. ^ Watkins, Alistair (3 August 2024). "Gold and bronze help GB rowers claim record haul". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  10. ^ Ruey, Yen. "Tokyo Calympian: Rowan McKellar, Rowing, Great Britain". writeforcalifornia.com. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Buck Earns CRCA Div. I Pocock All-America Selection". Columbia University Athletics. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
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