Sholto Carnegie
Rower // Men's Squad
Date of Birth: 28th Feb 1995 (29 years old)
Club: Leander Club
Height: 197cm
Hometown: Oxford
Sholto Carnegie rowed for Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympic Games and is reigning World and European Champion in the men's eight (M8+).
After learning to row at City of Oxford RC aged 13, Sholto made his GB debut as a junior in 2013, finishing fifth in the junior men’s double sculls (JM2x). He went on to win U23 World Championships silver as part of the men’s eight and men’s four in 2016 and 2017.
Sholto graduated from Yale University in 2018 and first rowed for GB as a senior that summer at the World Cup III regatta. He became European Champion in 2019 in the men’s four (M4-), before going on to win the bronze medal at the World Championships that year and then finishing fourth at the Olympic Regatta in Tokyo in the same event in 2021.
He retained his European title in the M4- in 2021, and took gold again at the European Rowing Championships in 2022 and 2023 in the men’s eight (M8+). He became World Champion in the eight in 2022.
On The Water
GB Competitive Record
| Year | Event | Position | Boat |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | European Rowing Championships Bled, SLO |
M8+ | |
| 2022 | World Rowing Championships Racice, CZE |
M8+ | |
| 2022 | European Rowing Championships Munich, GER |
M8+ | |
| 2022 | World Rowing Cup III Lucerne, SUI |
M8+ | |
| 2022 | World Rowing Cup I Belgrade, SRB |
M8+ | |
| 2020 | Olympic Games Regatta Tokyo, JPN |
4 | M4- |
| 2021 | World Rowing Cup II Lucerne, SUI |
M4- | |
| 2021 | European Rowing Championships Varese, ITA |
M4- | |
| 2019 | World Rowing Championships Linz Ottensheim, AUT |
M4- | |
| 2019 | World Rowing Cup III Rotterdam, NED |
M4- | |
| 2019 | World Rowing Cup II Poznan, POL |
4 | M4- |
| 2019 | European Rowing Championships Lucerne, SUI |
M4- | |
| 2018 | World Rowing Cup III Lucerne, SUI |
4 | M4- |
| 2017 | World Rowing Under 23 Championships Plovdiv, BUL |
BM4- | |
| 2016 | World Rowing Under 23 Championships Rotterdam, NED |
BM8+ | |
| 2014 | World Rowing U23 Championships Varese, ITA |
1 (FC Final) | BM4x |
| 2013 | World Rowing Junior Championships Trakai, LTU |
5 | JM2x |
- Year:
- 2023
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Bled, SLO - Position:
- Boat:
- M8+
- Year:
- 2022
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Racice, CZE - Position:
- Boat:
- M8+
- Year:
- 2022
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Munich, GER - Position:
- Boat:
- M8+
- Year:
- 2022
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI - Position:
- Boat:
- M8+
- Year:
- 2022
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup I
Belgrade, SRB - Position:
- Boat:
- M8+
- Year:
- 2020
- Event:
- Olympic Games Regatta
Tokyo, JPN - Position:
- 4
- Boat:
- M4-
- Year:
- 2021
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Lucerne, SUI - Position:
- Boat:
- M4-
- Year:
- 2021
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Varese, ITA - Position:
- Boat:
- M4-
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Linz Ottensheim, AUT - Position:
- Boat:
- M4-
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Rotterdam, NED - Position:
- Boat:
- M4-
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Poznan, POL - Position:
- 4
- Boat:
- M4-
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Lucerne, SUI - Position:
- Boat:
- M4-
- Year:
- 2018
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI - Position:
- 4
- Boat:
- M4-
- Year:
- 2017
- Event:
- World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Plovdiv, BUL - Position:
- Boat:
- BM4-
- Year:
- 2016
- Event:
- World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Rotterdam, NED - Position:
- Boat:
- BM8+
- Year:
- 2014
- Event:
- World Rowing U23 Championships
Varese, ITA - Position:
- 1 (FC Final)
- Boat:
- BM4x
- Year:
- 2013
- Event:
- World Rowing Junior Championships
Trakai, LTU - Position:
- 5
- Boat:
- JM2x
Beyond the Boat
Music: Sam Fender
Hobbies: Surfing, Cycling
Sports I follow: Manchester United
If I wasn’t a rower…. Cyclist
Sports I’d like to compete in… Cycling TT, and I’d like to learn how to sail and sail around the world