Heidi Long
Rower // Women's Squad
Date of Birth: 29th Nov 1996 (27 years old)
Club: Leander Club
Height: 175 cm
Hometown: Chalfont St. Peter
Heidi Long is reigning World Champion in the women's coxless four (W4-).
She learned to row as a junior at Marlow RC and represented GB at the World Rowing Junior Championships in 2014. During three years in the U23 team she won silver medals in the women’s eight (BW8+) in 2016 and pair (BW2-) in 2018.
Heidi’s first senior team appearance was at the World Cup III regatta in 2021, where finished fourth. She was selected for the women’s four (W4-) in 2022 and has enjoyed an unbeaten record, winning gold at World Cups I and III, at the European Rowing Championships, where her crew doubled up in the eight for the silver medal, and at the World Rowing Championships.
She continued in the four for the 2023 season, winning silver at the European Championships.
Heidi has won Henley Royal Regatta in all three elite women’s sweep events (Hambledon, Town and Remenham). She won the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Rowing Scholar Athlete of the Year award in 2019.
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On The Water
GB Competitive Record
| Year | Event | Position | Boat |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | European Rowing Championships Bled, SLO |
W4- | |
| 2022 | World Rowing Championships Racice, CZE |
W4- | |
| 2022 | European Rowing Championships Munich, GER |
W4- | |
| 2022 | European Rowing Championships Munich, GER |
W8+ | |
| 2022 | World Rowing Cup III Lucerne, SUI |
W4- | |
| 2022 | World Rowing Cup I Belgrade, SRB |
W4- | |
| 2021 | World Rowing Cup III Sabaudia, ITA |
4 | W2- (GBR1) |
| 2019 | World Rowing Cup III Rotterdam, NED |
7 (1 in Final B) | W8+ (GBR2) |
| 2018 | World Rowing Under 23 Championships Poznan, POL |
BW2- | |
| 2017 | World Rowing Under 23 Championships Plovdiv, BUL |
6 | BW8+ |
| 2016 | World Rowing Under 23 Championships Rotterdam, NED |
BW8+ | |
| 2014 | World Rowing Junior Championships Hamburg, GER |
7 (1 in Final B) | JW4- |
- Year:
- 2023
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Bled, SLO - Position:
- Boat:
- W4-
- Year:
- 2022
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Racice, CZE - Position:
- Boat:
- W4-
- Year:
- 2022
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Munich, GER - Position:
- Boat:
- W4-
- Year:
- 2022
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Munich, GER - Position:
- Boat:
- W8+
- Year:
- 2022
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI - Position:
- Boat:
- W4-
- Year:
- 2022
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup I
Belgrade, SRB - Position:
- Boat:
- W4-
- Year:
- 2021
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Sabaudia, ITA - Position:
- 4
- Boat:
- W2- (GBR1)
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Rotterdam, NED - Position:
- 7 (1 in Final B)
- Boat:
- W8+ (GBR2)
- Year:
- 2018
- Event:
- World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Poznan, POL - Position:
- Boat:
- BW2-
- Year:
- 2017
- Event:
- World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Plovdiv, BUL - Position:
- 6
- Boat:
- BW8+
- Year:
- 2016
- Event:
- World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Rotterdam, NED - Position:
- Boat:
- BW8+
- Year:
- 2014
- Event:
- World Rowing Junior Championships
Hamburg, GER - Position:
- 7 (1 in Final B)
- Boat:
- JW4-