Lauren Irwin
Rower // Women's Squad
Date of Birth: 20th Aug 1998 (24 years old)
Club: Leander Club
Height: 186 cm
Hometown: Peterlee
Lauren won silver in the women's eight at both the 2022 and 2023 European Rowing Championships.
She started rowing when she was 14 years old when a PE teacher at St Bede’s Comprehensive School entered her in a local indoor rowing competition.
This led to her joining the ‘High Performance Programme’ aimed at juniors in her local area who showed potential, run by Wade Hall-Craggs and students at Durham University, where she studied Sport Exercise and Physical Activity.
She then joined her local rowing club and attended her first Junior World Rowing Championships in 2016. She was selected for the U23 World Championship from 2017-2019, winning gold in the coxless four at the last of these.
Lauren’s senior debut was at World Cup III in 2021 also in the four.
She raced in the four again at World Cup III in 2022. She moved into the eight for the 2022 European Rowing Championships, where she won silver, a result she repeated at the 2023 Europeans, still in the eight.
Trust the Process and don't take things too seriously
On The Water
GB Competitive Record
| Year | Event | Position | Boat |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | European Rowing Championships Bled, SLO |
W8+ | |
| 2022 | European Rowing Championships Munich, GER |
W8+ | |
| 2022 | World Rowing Cup III Lucerne, SUI |
9 (3 in Final B) | W4- (GBR2) |
| 2021 | World Rowing Cup III Sabaudia, ITA |
4 | W4- |
| 2019 | World Rowing Under 23 Championships Sarasota-Bradenton, USA |
BW4- | |
| 2018 | World Rowing Under 23 Championships Poznan, POL |
4 | BW8+ |
| 2017 | World Rowing Under 23 Championships Plovdiv, BUL |
6 | BW4- |
| 2016 | World Rowing Junior Championships Rotterdam, NED |
9 (3 in Final B) | JW2- |
- Year:
- 2023
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Bled, SLO - Position:
- Boat:
- W8+
- Year:
- 2022
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Munich, GER - Position:
- Boat:
- W8+
- Year:
- 2022
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI - Position:
- 9 (3 in Final B)
- Boat:
- W4- (GBR2)
- Year:
- 2021
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Sabaudia, ITA - Position:
- 4
- Boat:
- W4-
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Sarasota-Bradenton, USA - Position:
- Boat:
- BW4-
- Year:
- 2018
- Event:
- World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Poznan, POL - Position:
- 4
- Boat:
- BW8+
- Year:
- 2017
- Event:
- World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Plovdiv, BUL - Position:
- 6
- Boat:
- BW4-
- Year:
- 2016
- Event:
- World Rowing Junior Championships
Rotterdam, NED - Position:
- 9 (3 in Final B)
- Boat:
- JW2-
Beyond the Boat
Music: Anything and everything!
Films/TV: Favourite series is Vampire Diaries
Hobbies: Reading, seeing friends, cooking, travelling and retail therapy
Sports I follow: CrossFit, Athletics, Formula 1, Team GB at the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.
If I wasn’t a rower I would love to have my own business, go back into studying and challenge myself with other sports.