Saskia Budgett

Rower // Women's Squad
Date of Birth: 21st Sep 1996 (27 years old)
Club: Tideway Scullers School
Height: 177cm
Hometown: London

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Saskia Budgett is a sculler who has won bronze medals at World Under 23 and European level.

She first represented Great Britain as a junior for GB v France in 2012 and at the Coupe de la Jeunesse in 2013, before competing at the Junior World Championships in 2014.

Saskia then won U23 World Championships gold as part of the women’s quadruple sculls in 2017, achieving bronze in the same event in 2018.

In 2019 she was selected as a spare for the senior GB team for World Cup III and the World Championships.

Since 2021 she has competed in the double sculls, winning bronze at the European Championships that year with Holly Nixon. In 2022 she and Kyra Edwards finished fifth at the European Championships and eighth at the Worlds. World Rowing published an article about their relationship off the water as well as on it.

Saskia and Kyra came ninth at the 2023 European Championships, still in the double scull.

Her father, Pete Budget, won the gold medal in the coxed four at the 1984 Olympic Games.

On The Water

GB Competitive Record

Year Event Position Boat
2023 European Rowing Championships
Bled, SLO
5 W2x
2022 World Rowing Championships
Racice, CZE
3 (FB Final) W2x
2022 European Rowing Championships
Munich, GER
5 W2x
2021 World Rowing Final Olympic Qualification Regatta
Lucerne, SUI
3 W2x
2021 European Rowing Championships
Varese, ITA
W2x
2018 World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Poznan, POL
BW4x
2017 World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Plovdiv, BUL
BW4x
2016 World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Rotterdam, NED
4 BW4-
2014 World Rowing Junior Championships
Hamburg, GER
1 (FB Final) JW4-
Year:
2023
Event:
European Rowing Championships
Bled, SLO
Position:
5
Boat:
W2x
Year:
2022
Event:
World Rowing Championships
Racice, CZE
Position:
3 (FB Final)
Boat:
W2x
Year:
2022
Event:
European Rowing Championships
Munich, GER
Position:
5
Boat:
W2x
Year:
2021
Event:
World Rowing Final Olympic Qualification Regatta
Lucerne, SUI
Position:
3
Boat:
W2x
Year:
2021
Event:
European Rowing Championships
Varese, ITA
Position:
Boat:
W2x
Year:
2018
Event:
World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Poznan, POL
Position:
Boat:
BW4x
Year:
2017
Event:
World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Plovdiv, BUL
Position:
Boat:
BW4x
Year:
2016
Event:
World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Rotterdam, NED
Position:
4
Boat:
BW4-
Year:
2014
Event:
World Rowing Junior Championships
Hamburg, GER
Position:
1 (FB Final)
Boat:
JW4-

Beyond the Boat

Saskia studied biology at UCLA and is interested in pursuing a medical career after rowing.