Bath graduates Becky Wilde and Cedol Dafydd selected to make World Rowing Championships debuts for Great Britain
Olympic medallist Becky Wilde and fellow University of Bath graduate Cedol Dafydd are set to make their World Rowing Championships debuts for Great Britain in Shanghai later this month.
The duo, who both trained and studied at the University, have been selected in the women’s and men’s quadruple sculls respectively for the 2025 championships, which take place from 21st to 28th September.
Sport and Social Sciences graduate Wilde won women’s double sculls bronze at Paris 2024 during a dream senior debut season and will be looking to secure another global medal alongside Sarah McKay and Olympic Champions Hannah Scott and Lola Anderson.
Three of that quartet, including Wilde, won gold at the European Championships earlier this year, as did Dafydd and his men’s quad crew-mates Callum Dixon, Matt Haywood and Rory Harris. They will be full of confidence having also topped the podium at the last World Cup in Lucerne.
Dafydd, a Sports Management and Coaching graduate, and Wilde both began their rowing careers with the University of Bath-based South West Performance Development Academy (PDA), formerly known as the GB Rowing Team Start programme, and represented Crew Bath in student rowing competition.
Jamie Gare, another graduate of both the University and the South West PDA, has been named as a reserve for the men’s squad.
The South West GB Performance Development Academy is always on the lookout for athletes with no prior rowing experience, aged between 14 and 22, to recruit and develop into Olympians. The guideline minimum height for those applying for testing is above 5ft 8in (176cm) for females and 6ft (185cm) for males. Click here to find out how to apply for trials.
Picture credit: Benedict Tufnell for British Rowing
