Lauren Henry
 Henry at the 2024 Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 21 December 2001 (age 24) Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Leicester RC/University of Leicester BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Andrew Randell, Peter Sheppard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lauren Henry (born 21 December 2001) is an Olympic gold medallist and world champion British rower.[1][2][3]
Career
[edit]Henry took the overall win in the British Rowing Senior Trials 2023 in the W1x, whilst still an U23 eligible athlete.
Henry won a bronze medal in her first senior event; in the quadruple sculls at the 2023 European Rowing Championships.
At the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, she won the World Championship gold medal in the Quadruple sculls with Lola Anderson, Hannah Scott and Georgina Brayshaw.[4]
The team won the gold medal in the quadruple sculls at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.[3]
Henry moved into the single sculls after the Paris Games. She won the gold medal in the women’s single scull at the 2025 European Rowing Championships and set a new British record and European best time. It was the second fastest time ever recorded in the women’s single sculls event. She started the 2026 international season with a win in the women's single at World Rowing Cup I in Seville, Spain.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Athlete profile". British Rowing. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ↑ "Henry eager to make her mark at debut World Rowing Championships". Dunfermline Press. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- 1 2 Ames, Nick (31 July 2024). "Team GB's women's quad boat roars back in rousing finish for stunning rowing gold". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ↑ "Rowing – World Championships – 2023". The Sports.org. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ↑ "Great Britain's First Golds of 2026: A Hammer Blow and a Photo Finish in Seville". row-360.com. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
External links
[edit]- Lauren Henry at World Rowing
- Lauren Henry at British Rowing
- Lauren Henry at Team GB
- Lauren Henry at Olympics.com
- Lauren Henry at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)
- Lauren Henry on Instagram
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- World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain
- European Rowing Championships medalists
- Olympic rowers for Great Britain
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in rowing
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- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- People educated at Rugby High School for Girls
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