Kyra Edwards

Rower // Women's Squad
Date of Birth: 12th Aug 1997 (26 years old)
Club: Nottingham RC
Height: 178cm
Hometown: Nottingham

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Kyra Edwards has raced for Great Britain at junior, U23 and senior level, winning junior silver in 2015 and U23 bronze in 2018 at the World Championships.

She made made her debut for the senior GB team in 2019 at World Cup III alongside Ruth Siddorn, finishing eighth overall in the women’s double sculls; the duo also raced at the World Championships that year.

In 2022 she won a silver medal at World Cup III in the quad, before finishing fifth in the double sculls at the European Rowing Championships and eighth at the Worlds, sculling with Saskia Budgett. World Rowing published an article about their partnership off the water as well as on it.

For the 2023 European Championships, she was selected to scull in the double with Meg Saunders but raced with Saskia Budgett again. They finished in ninth place.

On The Water

GB Competitive Record

Year Event Position Boat
2023 European Rowing Championships
Bled, SLO
3 (FB Final) W2x
2022 World Rowing Championships
Racice, CZE
2 (FB Final) W2x
2022 European Rowing Championships
Munich, GER
5 W2x
2022 World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI
[2] W4x
2019 World Rowing Championships
Linz Ottensheim, AUT
2 (FC Final) W2x
2019 World Rowing Cup III
Rotterdam, NED
2 (FB Final) W2x
2018 World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Poznan, POL
BW4x
2016 World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Rotterdam, NED
2 (FB Final) BW4x
2015 World Rowing Junior Championships
Rio de Janeiro, BRA
JW4x
Year:
2023
Event:
European Rowing Championships
Bled, SLO
Position:
3 (FB Final)
Boat:
W2x
Year:
2022
Event:
World Rowing Championships
Racice, CZE
Position:
2 (FB Final)
Boat:
W2x
Year:
2022
Event:
European Rowing Championships
Munich, GER
Position:
5
Boat:
W2x
Year:
2022
Event:
World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI
Position:
[2]
Boat:
W4x
Year:
2019
Event:
World Rowing Championships
Linz Ottensheim, AUT
Position:
2 (FC Final)
Boat:
W2x
Year:
2019
Event:
World Rowing Cup III
Rotterdam, NED
Position:
2 (FB Final)
Boat:
W2x
Year:
2018
Event:
World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Poznan, POL
Position:
Boat:
BW4x
Year:
2016
Event:
World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Rotterdam, NED
Position:
2 (FB Final)
Boat:
BW4x
Year:
2015
Event:
World Rowing Junior Championships
Rio de Janeiro, BRA
Position:
Boat:
JW4x

Beyond the Boat

Kyra studied Statistics at UCLA and hopes to continue studying and pursue a PhD in computer science. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with friends and family.