Maddie Arlett

Rower // Lightweight Women's Squad
Date of Birth: 7th Jun 1994 (29 years old)
Club: Edinburgh University BC
Height: 172cm
Hometown: Selkirk

Maddie Arlett profile image

Maddie Arlett is a lightweight sculler.

She came to prominence as part of the ‘baby blue army’ at Edinburgh University, including breaking the Henley Women’s Regatta record for Championship Lightweight Single Sculls, set by Sue Appelboom 25 years earlier, when she won the event in 2017.

Maddie was first selected to row for GB at U23 level, finishing fourth in the lightweight quad in 2015 and sixth in the same event in 2017 at the World Rowing Championships.

In her first senior season, 2017, she medalled at two World Cup regattas, before finishing fifth in the lightweight quad at the World Championships, a  Worlds result she repeated in 2018.

In 2019, Maddie won bronze in the lightweight single scull at the World Rowing Championships in Linz, Austria, and finished fifth in the same event at the European Championships in 2021.

Her 2022 season started well with gold medals in the lightweight double sculls at World Cups I and III with Emily Craig, but she had to withdraw through illness at the European Championships, where she was racing in the lightweight single sculls.

On The Water

GB Competitive Record

Year Event Position Boat
2022 World Rowing Championships
Racice, CZE
23 (5 Final D) LW1x
2022 European Rowing Championships
Munich, GER
Withdrawn after heat LW1x
2022 World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI
LW2x
2022 World Rowing Cup I
Belgrade, SRB
LW2x
2021 World Rowing Cup II
Lucerne, SUI
10 (4 Final B) LW1x
2021 European Rowing Championships
Varese, ITA
5 LW1x
2019 World Rowing Championships
Linz Ottensheim, AUT
LW1x
2019 World Rowing Cup II
Poznan, POL
3 (FB Final) LW2x
2019 European Rowing Championships
Lucerne, SUI
3 (FB Final) W2x
2018 World Rowing Championships
Plovdiv, BUL
5 LW4x
2018 World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI
4 LW4x
2018 World Rowing Cup II
Linz Ottensheim, AUT
4 (FB Final) LW2x
2017 World Rowing Championships
Sarasota-Bradenton, USA
5 LW4x
2017 World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI
LW4x
2017 World Rowing Cup I
Belgrade, SRB
LW2x
2016 World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Rotterdam, NED
6 BLW4x
2015 World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Plovdiv, BUL
4 BLW4x
Year:
2022
Event:
World Rowing Championships
Racice, CZE
Position:
23 (5 Final D)
Boat:
LW1x
Year:
2022
Event:
European Rowing Championships
Munich, GER
Position:
Withdrawn after heat
Boat:
LW1x
Year:
2022
Event:
World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI
Position:
Boat:
LW2x
Year:
2022
Event:
World Rowing Cup I
Belgrade, SRB
Position:
Boat:
LW2x
Year:
2021
Event:
World Rowing Cup II
Lucerne, SUI
Position:
10 (4 Final B)
Boat:
LW1x
Year:
2021
Event:
European Rowing Championships
Varese, ITA
Position:
5
Boat:
LW1x
Year:
2019
Event:
World Rowing Championships
Linz Ottensheim, AUT
Position:
Boat:
LW1x
Year:
2019
Event:
World Rowing Cup II
Poznan, POL
Position:
3 (FB Final)
Boat:
LW2x
Year:
2019
Event:
European Rowing Championships
Lucerne, SUI
Position:
3 (FB Final)
Boat:
W2x
Year:
2018
Event:
World Rowing Championships
Plovdiv, BUL
Position:
5
Boat:
LW4x
Year:
2018
Event:
World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI
Position:
4
Boat:
LW4x
Year:
2018
Event:
World Rowing Cup II
Linz Ottensheim, AUT
Position:
4 (FB Final)
Boat:
LW2x
Year:
2017
Event:
World Rowing Championships
Sarasota-Bradenton, USA
Position:
5
Boat:
LW4x
Year:
2017
Event:
World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI
Position:
Boat:
LW4x
Year:
2017
Event:
World Rowing Cup I
Belgrade, SRB
Position:
Boat:
LW2x
Year:
2016
Event:
World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Rotterdam, NED
Position:
6
Boat:
BLW4x
Year:
2015
Event:
World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Plovdiv, BUL
Position:
4
Boat:
BLW4x

Beyond the Boat

In her spare time Maddie enjoys cycling, martial arts and MMA. She describes herself as an ‘instant coffee connoisseur’, a tattoo fan and enjoys looking after her indoor plants – she currently has a snake plant and a cheese plant.