Beth Rodford
For the first World Cup of the 2013 season in Sydney, Australia, Beth raced in the women' double scull with Victoria Thornley and finished 4th. She also raced in the women's eight which finished 4th.
At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Beth raced in the women's quadruple scull with Melanie Wilson, Debbie Flood and Frances Houghton, finishing 6th.
During the 2012 World Cup season, Beth raced in the women's quadruple scull. The crew won a bronze medal in Belgrade, finished 5th in Lucerne and won another bronze medal in Munich.
At the 2012 GB Rowing Team Senior Trials held on 10/11 March at Eton/Dorney, Beth came 3rd in the women's single scull.
At 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia, Beth raced in the women's quadruple scull with crewmates Debbie Flood, Annabel Vernon and Melanie Wilson, finishing 7th.
At the 2011 GB Rowing Team Senior Trials held on 16-17 April at Eton/Dorney, Beth finished third in the women's single scull.
In challenging conditions on New Zealand's Lake Karapiro, Beth and her crewmates Debbie Flood, Frances Houghton and Annabel Vernon in the women's quadruple scull, made up a first-half deficit in their 2010 World Rowing Championships' final to overhaul reigning champions, the Ukraine, and win Beth's first world championships medal - a superb gold in 7:12.78.
For the 2010 World Cup Series Beth raced in the women's quadruple scull, winning gold in Bled, silver in Munich and gold in Lucerne.
Beth started rowing in 1995 at Gloucester Rowing Club and represented GB as a Junior in 1999 and 2000, winning bronze in the four at the World Junior Championships in 1999.
In 2001/2002 she spent a year rowing at Washington State University in the USA before returning to London to take up her Sport Science studies at Brunel University.
Beth became World U23 Champion in 2004 in the women's four coached by Gary Stubbs. Producing an excellent row in the final they demolished the field, leading by clear water after 500 metres to win an impressive and emphatic gold medal.
She won the pairs event at the GB Rowing Team Senior Trials in 2005 and raced in the pair and the eight at the Eton World Cup regatta, winning bronze in the latter event before switching to the four at the World Cup finals in Lucerne in July where she also took bronze. Beth went on to be part of the women's eight that performed so well at the 2005 World Championships in Japan, finishing 5th.
She followed this up at the 2006 World Cup final in Lucerne finishing 4th with the women's eight and racing with the eight at the 2006 World Championships at Eton where the crew finished 8th.
Beth raced in the eight in the 2007 World Cup series, always reaching the A Final and winning silver followed by a 5th and 4th place. In the 2008 World Cup series she raced in the eight finishing 5th and 6th before winning a bronze in Poznan.
She raced at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in the women's eight and finished 5th.
In 2009 Beth showed her sculling prowess through Trials, making the A Final at the GB Rowing Team Senior Trials in April. She was selected in the women's quad for the 2009 season and raced in all three World Cups, winning gold in Banyoles, silver in Munich and coming 5th in Lucerne. These were creditable results for a new crew. She also doubled up into the women's double scull in Banyoles, placing 5th. At the 2009 World Rowing Championships in Poznan, the quad were 5th.
As well as her successes on the water, Beth holds the British Indoor Rowing record over 2000m at J13, 14, 15 and 16.
Beth is Lottery Funded through UK Sport.





