Charlie Elwes
Rower // Men's Squad
Date of Birth: 15th Jul 1997 (25 years old)
Club: Leander Club

Charlie Elwes is an Olympic bronze medallist and three-time European Champion in the men's eight (M8+).
Charlie first rowed for GB as a junior, competing at the World Rowing Junior Championships for three years from 2013-2015, winning silver medals in the coxed and then coxless fours in 2014 and 2015. He went on to win two silvers and a gold, also in the coxless four, at the U23 World Championships from 2017-2019.
Following his promotion to the senior team, he won the men’s eights (M8+) at the European Rowing Championships in 2021, 2022 and 2023, and finished third to take the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games, also in the eight.
He attended Yale University, USA.
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, JPA |
M8+ | |
2021 | World Rowing Cup II Sabaudia, ITA |
M8+ | |
2021 | European Rowing Championships Varese, ITA |
M8+ | |
2019 | World Rowing Under 23 Championships Sarasota-Bradenton, USA |
BM4- | |
2018 | World Rowing Under 23 Championships Poznan, POL |
BM4- | |
2017 | World Rowing Under 23 Championships Plovdiv, BUL |
BM4- | |
2015 | World Rowing Junior Championships Rio de Janeiro, BRA |
JM4- | |
2014 | World Rowing Junior Championships Hamburg, GER |
JM4+ | |
2013 | World Rowing Junior Championships Trakai, LTU |
6 | JM4+ |
- 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, JPA - Position:
- Boat:
- M8+
- Year:
- 2021
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Sabaudia, ITA - Position:
- Boat:
- M8+
- Year:
- 2021
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Varese, ITA - Position:
- Boat:
- M8+
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Sarasota-Bradenton, USA - Position:
- Boat:
- BM4-
- Year:
- 2018
- Event:
- World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Poznan, POL - Position:
- Boat:
- BM4-
- Year:
- 2017
- Event:
- World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Plovdiv, BUL - Position:
- Boat:
- BM4-
- Year:
- 2015
- Event:
- World Rowing Junior Championships
Rio de Janeiro, BRA - Position:
- Boat:
- JM4-
- Year:
- 2014
- Event:
- World Rowing Junior Championships
Hamburg, GER - Position:
- Boat:
- JM4+
- Year:
- 2013
- Event:
- World Rowing Junior Championships
Trakai, LTU - Position:
- 6
- Boat:
- JM4+