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Born | 22 February 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Todmorden, West Yorkshire [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jessica Leyden (born 22 February 1995) is a British rower.
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]
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Born | 22 February 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Todmorden, West Yorkshire [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jessica Leyden (born 22 February 1995) is a British rower.
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]