Rowan McKellar
Rower // Women's Squad
Date of Birth: 24th May 1994 (30 years old)
Club: Leander Club/Broxbourne RC
Height: 183cm
Hometown: Lochwinnoch
Tokyo Olympian Rowan McKellar is reigning World Champion in the women's coxless four (W4-).
A child of rowing parents, she learned to row at Broxbourne RC in 2004. A University of California, Berkeley graduate, Rowan opened her international rowing career with an outstanding silver medal in the women’s pairs (BW2-) with Holly Norton at the 2015 World Rowing U23 Championships. The following year, 2016, she raced in the U23 women’s four (BW4-) and finished fourth.
After making her senior debut in the 2017 season, in 2018 Rowan claimed World Cup silver in the women’s eight (W8+) and bronze with Hattie Taylor in the pair (W2-). She was selected in the eight for the 2019 season, winning European silver and World Cup bronze medals, before finishing fifth at the World Championships.
After moving into the women’s four (W4-) in 2021, Rowan won bronze at the European Rowing Championships before finishing an agonisingly close fourth at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Still in the four for 2022, she has enjoyed an unbeaten season, taking gold at World Cup I and III regattas, at the European Rowing Championships where her crew doubled up into the eight, adding a silver medal to their collection, and at the World Rowing Championships.
In 2023, she remained in the new-look women’s four, which won the silver medal at the European Rowing Championships.
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- | |
| 2020 | Olympic Games Regatta Tokyo, JPN |
4 | W4- |
| 2021 | World Rowing Cup II Lucerne, SUI |
W4- | |
| 2021 | European Rowing Championships Varese, ITA |
W4- | |
| 2019 | World Rowing Championships Linz Ottensheim, AUT |
5 | W8+ |
| 2019 | World Rowing Cup III Rotterdam, NED |
5 | W8+ |
| 2019 | World Rowing Cup II Poznan, POL |
W8+ | |
| 2019 | European Rowing Championships Lucerne, SUI |
W8+ | |
| 2018 | World Rowing Championships Plovdiv, BUL |
1 (FB Final) | W2- |
| 2018 | European Rowing Championships Glasgow, GBR |
5 | W2- |
| 2018 | World Rowing Cup II Linz Ottensheim, AUT |
W2- | |
| 2018 | World Rowing Cup I Belgrade, SRB |
W8+ | |
| 2017 | World Rowing Championships Sarasota-Bradenton, USA |
1 (FB Final) | W4- |
| 2017 | World Rowing Cup III Lucerne, SUI |
6 | W4- |
| 2016 | World Rowing Under 23 Championships Rotterdam, NED |
4 | BW4- |
| 2015 | World Rowing Under 23 Championships Plovdiv, BUL |
BW2- |
- 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:
- 2020
- Event:
- Olympic Games Regatta
Tokyo, JPN - Position:
- 4
- Boat:
- W4-
- Year:
- 2021
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Lucerne, SUI - Position:
- Boat:
- W4-
- Year:
- 2021
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Varese, ITA - Position:
- Boat:
- W4-
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Linz Ottensheim, AUT - Position:
- 5
- Boat:
- W8+
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Rotterdam, NED - Position:
- 5
- Boat:
- W8+
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Poznan, POL - Position:
- Boat:
- W8+
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Lucerne, SUI - Position:
- Boat:
- W8+
- Year:
- 2018
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Plovdiv, BUL - Position:
- 1 (FB Final)
- Boat:
- W2-
- Year:
- 2018
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Glasgow, GBR - Position:
- 5
- Boat:
- W2-
- Year:
- 2018
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Linz Ottensheim, AUT - Position:
- Boat:
- W2-
- Year:
- 2018
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup I
Belgrade, SRB - Position:
- Boat:
- W8+
- Year:
- 2017
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Sarasota-Bradenton, USA - Position:
- 1 (FB Final)
- Boat:
- W4-
- Year:
- 2017
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI - Position:
- 6
- Boat:
- W4-
- Year:
- 2016
- Event:
- World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Rotterdam, NED - Position:
- 4
- Boat:
- BW4-
- Year:
- 2015
- Event:
- World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Plovdiv, BUL - Position:
- Boat:
- BW2-