Sholto Carnegie

Sholto Carnegie rowed for Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympic Games and is reigning World and European Champion in the men's eight (M8+).

After learning to row at City of Oxford RC aged 13, Sholto made his GB debut as a junior in 2013, finishing fifth in the junior men’s double sculls (JM2x). He went on to win U23 World Championships silver as part of the men’s eight and men’s four in 2016 and 2017.

Sholto graduated from Yale University in 2018 and first rowed for GB as a senior that summer at the World Cup III regatta. He became European Champion in 2019 in the men’s four (M4-), before going on to win the bronze medal at the World Championships that year and then finishing fourth at the Olympic Regatta in Tokyo in the same event in 2021.

He retained his European title in the M4- in 2021, and took gold again at the European Rowing Championships in 2022 and 2023 in the men’s eight (M8+). He became World Champion in the eight in 2022.