David Ambler
Rower // Men's Squad
Date of Birth: 4th Dec 1997 (26 years old)
Club: Oxford University BC
Oxford Blue David Ambler has won bronze, silver and gold medals at U23 level.
He learned to row at St Paul’s School and was selected to represent GB in the eight at the World Rowing Junior Championships in 2015.
While studying for his first degree at Harvard University, he rowed in the GB U23 eight in 2017 that finished third, and then the coxless four in 2018 and 2019, winning silver and then gold.
In 2021 he made the step up to the senior team, taking the silver medal in the coxless four at World Cup III. Having been selected as a spare for the 2022 World Rowing Championships, he was a medical substitute for Matt Aldridge in the Men’s coxless four, and won gold.
He was selected into the Men’s four for the 2023 European Championships, winning the gold medal again.
David is a graduate of Harvard University and rowed for the winning Oxford crew in the 2022 Boat Race.
On The Water
GB Competitive Record
| Year | Event | Position | Boat |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | European Rowing Championships Bled, SLO |
M4- | |
| 2022 | World Rowing Championships Racice, CZE |
M4- | |
| 2021 | World Rowing Cup III Sabaudia, ITA |
M4- | |
| 2019 | World Rowing Under 23 Championships Sarasota-Bradenton, USA |
BM4- | |
| 2018 | World Rowing Under 23 Championships Poznan, POL |
BM4- | |
| 2017 | World Rowing Under 23 Championships Plovdiv, BUL |
BM8+ | |
| 2015 | World Rowing Junior Championships Rio de Janeiro, BRA |
5 | JM8+ |
- Year:
- 2023
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Bled, SLO - Position:
- Boat:
- M4-
- Year:
- 2022
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Racice, CZE - Position:
- Boat:
- M4-
- Year:
- 2021
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Sabaudia, ITA - Position:
- Boat:
- M4-
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Sarasota-Bradenton, USA - Position:
- Boat:
- BM4-
- Year:
- 2018
- Event:
- World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Poznan, POL - Position:
- Boat:
- BM4-
- Year:
- 2017
- Event:
- World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Plovdiv, BUL - Position:
- Boat:
- BM8+
- Year:
- 2015
- Event:
- World Rowing Junior Championships
Rio de Janeiro, BRA - Position:
- 5
- Boat:
- JM8+