Jessica Leyden

Jessica Leyden (born 22 February 1995) is a British rower.

Jessica Leyden
Personal information
Born (1995-02-22) 22 February 1995
Home townTodmorden, West Yorkshire[1]
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2017 SarasotaQuadruple sculls
Bronze medal – third place2022 RačiceQuadruple sculls
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 MunichQuadruple sculls
Bronze medal – third place2017 RačiceQuadruple sculls

In 2013, she won single sculls gold at the World Rowing Junior Championships, which made her the first British woman to win a global solo openweight rowing title at any level.[2] At the time, she was a student at Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School.[3] She won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida, as part of the quadruple sculls with Bethany Bryan, Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne and Holly Nixon.[4]

Leyden has twice won the Wingfield Sculls in 2016 and 2019 and also in 2019 it was announced she would represent Team GB at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.[5]

References
  1. Jessica Leyden at British Rowing
  2. Rachel Quarrell (12 August 2013). "Jessica Leyden claims gold for Britain at junior world rowing championship". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  3. "Jess Leyden Rowing Success".
  4. "2017 World Championship" (PDF). 2017 World Rowing Championships. World Rowing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  5. "Three boats confirmed for Tokyo as GB eye medals at rowing worlds".
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