Rory Harris

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]

Rory Harris

Personal information
Born	(1998-08-09) 9 August 1998 (age 27)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	Leander Club
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  Great Britain World Championships 2025 Shanghai Quadruple sculls European Championships 2025 Plovdiv Quadruple sculls

Career

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]