Samantha Redgrave
Rower // Women's Squad
Date of Birth: 18th Aug 1994 (29 years old)
Club: Leander Club
Height: 185 cm
Hometown: Gateshead
Samantha Redgrave made her senior debut at World Cup III in 2021 in the women's pair (W2-), earning a bronze medal. She is reigning World Champion in the coxless four (W4-)
She has enjoyed an unbroken record of wins in the W4- in 2022, taking gold at World Cups I and III, at the European Rowing Championships, where her crew doubled up into the women’s eight (W8+), adding a silver medal to their collection, and at the World Championships.
In 2023 she won the silver medal at the European Championships in the Women’s eight.
Inspired by Katherine Granger, Helen Glover and Jessica Ennis-Hill, she aspires to an Olympic gold.
Don’t take things so seriously that you stop enjoying yourself
On The Water
GB Competitive Record
| Year | Event | Position | Boat |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | European Rowing Championships Bled, SLO |
W8+ | |
| 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 |
W2- (GBR2) |
- Year:
- 2023
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Bled, SLO - Position:
- Boat:
- W8+
- 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:
- Boat:
- W2- (GBR2)
Beyond the Boat
Music: Paramore/Hayley Williams & David Bowie
Films/TV: Movie- Steel Magnolias (cry) TV- This Country
Hobbies: Cross stitch, TV, Mario Kart
Dream dinner guests: James Acaster, Bob Mortimer, Katherine Ryan
Sports I follow: Athletics and F1 (through drive to survive)
If I wasn’t a rower…. I’d love to own a dude ranch in Canada.
Sports I’d like to compete in… Heptathalon or Volleyball