Emily Ford
Rower // Women's Squad
Date of Birth: 8th Nov 1994 (28 years old)
Club: Leander Club
Height: 181cm
Hometown: Holmes Chapel
Tokyo Olympian Emily Ford won two silver medals at the 2022 European Rowing Championships.
She learned to row as a junior and first represented GB at the World Rowing Junior Championships in 2012.
Emily then won successive medals at the World U23 Championships; a bronze in the four in 2015 and a silver in the eight in 2016.
Her first appearances for the senior team came at two World Cup regattas in 2018. That year she also won the Town Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta in a GB Rowing Team composite crew. In 2019 she was selected in the coxless four for the European Rowing Championships, where she finished sixth , and World Championships, where she came seventh.
Moving into the eight in 2021, she was fourth at eth European Championships and sixth at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Throughout 2022 she has raced in a pair with Esme Booth, winning at World Cup I and taking the bronze medal at World Cup III before securing the silver medal at the European Rowing Championships, where the duo doubled up into the eight, gaining a second silver. They finished fifth at the World Rowing Championships.
Emily and Esme continued their pairs partnership in 2023, coming fifth in the pair but also winning silver in the eight at the European Rowing Championships.
Emily’s brother Tom Ford is also a member of the GB Rowing Team.
On The Water
GB Competitive Record
| Year | Event | Position | Boat |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | World Rowing Championships Linz Ottensheim, AUT |
1 (FB Final) | W4- |
| 2019 | World Rowing Cup III Rotterdam, NED |
1 (FB Final) | W4- |
| 2019 | World Rowing Cup II Poznan, POL |
6 | W4- |
| 2019 | European Rowing Championships Lucerne, SUI |
6 | W4- |
| 2018 | World Rowing Cup II Linz Ottensheim, AUT |
4 | W8+ |
| 2018 | World Rowing Cup I Belgrade, SRB |
6 | W2- |
| 2016 | World Rowing Under 23 Championships Rotterdam, NED |
BW8+ | |
| 2015 | World Rowing Under 23 Championships Plovdiv, BUL |
BW4- | |
| 2012 | World Rowing Championships Plovdiv, BUL |
3 (FB Final) | JW2x |
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Linz Ottensheim, AUT - Position:
- 1 (FB Final)
- Boat:
- W4-
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Rotterdam, NED - Position:
- 1 (FB Final)
- Boat:
- W4-
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Poznan, POL - Position:
- 6
- Boat:
- W4-
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Lucerne, SUI - Position:
- 6
- Boat:
- W4-
- Year:
- 2018
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Linz Ottensheim, AUT - Position:
- 4
- Boat:
- W8+
- Year:
- 2018
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup I
Belgrade, SRB - Position:
- 6
- Boat:
- W2-
- Year:
- 2016
- Event:
- World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Rotterdam, NED - Position:
- Boat:
- BW8+
- Year:
- 2015
- Event:
- World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Plovdiv, BUL - Position:
- Boat:
- BW4-
- Year:
- 2012
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Plovdiv, BUL - Position:
- 3 (FB Final)
- Boat:
- JW2x
Beyond the Boat
Emily loves being outdoors and exploring, and likes to upcycle furniture in her spare time.
