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She made her debut in a senior British vest at the World Cup regatta in Italy in April 2024, winning silver in the four and the eight.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/24275489.dunford-using-world-cup-european-championships-building-block/|website=Hexham-Courant|accessdate=29 April 2024|title= Dunford using World Cup as European Championships building block|date=24 April 2024}}</ref> She was a silver medalist at the [[2024 European Rowing Championships]] in [[Szeged]], Hungary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishrowing.org/2024/04/great-britain-tops-medal-table-for-third-consecutive-year-at-the-european-rowing-championships/|website=British Rowing|accessdate=29 April 2024|date= April 28, 2024|title= |
She made her debut in a senior British vest at the World Cup regatta in Italy in April 2024, winning silver in the four and the eight.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/24275489.dunford-using-world-cup-european-championships-building-block/|website=Hexham-Courant|accessdate=29 April 2024|title= Dunford using World Cup as European Championships building block|date=24 April 2024}}</ref> She was a silver medalist at the [[2024 European Rowing Championships]] in [[Szeged]], Hungary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishrowing.org/2024/04/great-britain-tops-medal-table-for-third-consecutive-year-at-the-european-rowing-championships/|website=British Rowing|accessdate=29 April 2024|date= April 28, 2024|title= |
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Great Britain tops medal table for third consecutive year at the European Rowing Championships}}</ref> She won in the 'Sports Person of the Year' category at the Reigate and Banstead Sports Awards 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk/news/article/462/reigate_and_banstead_sports_awards_2024_winners_announced|website=Reigate-banstead.gov.uk|accessdate=29 March 2024|title= Reigate & Banstead Sports Awards 2024 winners announced|date=19 March 2024}}</ref> |
Great Britain tops medal table for third consecutive year at the European Rowing Championships}}</ref> She won in the 'Sports Person of the Year' category at the Reigate and Banstead Sports Awards 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk/news/article/462/reigate_and_banstead_sports_awards_2024_winners_announced|website=Reigate-banstead.gov.uk|accessdate=29 March 2024|title= Reigate & Banstead Sports Awards 2024 winners announced|date=19 March 2024}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
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She has two siblings, Rachel and William, both her brother and sister are rowers. |
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== References == |
Revision as of 10:26, 29 April 2024
Holly Dunford is a British rower.
Early life
From Tadworth, in Surrey, she became inspired to take up rowing after watching the 2012 London Olympics. She attended Heathside School and the University of Washington.[1][2]
Career
Dunford won gold for Great Britain at the junior World Championships in Lithuania in 2017, alongside Zoe Adamson in the women's double. She also had with three first-place finishes in the single sculls at the GB Rowing Team Junior trials.[3] She also set a new national record for under-18s on the indoor rowing machine.[4] In December 2017 she won the SportsAid one-to-watch award.[5]
Dunford won a silver medal in the Great Britain women's eight at the 2019 World Rowing Under-23 Championships in July 2019.[6] She won gold in the Great Britain women's four at 2021 World Rowing Under-23 Championships.[7]
She made her debut in a senior British vest at the World Cup regatta in Italy in April 2024, winning silver in the four and the eight.[8] She was a silver medalist at the 2024 European Rowing Championships in Szeged, Hungary.[9] She won in the 'Sports Person of the Year' category at the Reigate and Banstead Sports Awards 2024.[10]
References
- ^ "Holly Dunford". British Rowing. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "Holly Dunford". Gohuskies. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "Holly Dunford: SportsAid One-to-Watch award goes to world junior rowing champion". BBC Sport. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "Rower Holly Dunford makes final three of Sportsaid's One-to-Watch award". British Rowing. November 16, 2017.
- ^ Trehan, Dev (25 November 2017). "Holly Dunford wins prestigious SportsAid award". Sky Sports. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "Celebrating SportsAid Week: 23-29 September". British Rowing. September 20, 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "Cohen, Bryant, Dunford & van Opzeeland Medal At World Under-23s". Pac-12. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "Dunford using World Cup as European Championships building block". Hexham-Courant. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "Great Britain tops medal table for third consecutive year at the European Rowing Championships". British Rowing. April 28, 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "Reigate & Banstead Sports Awards 2024 winners announced". Reigate-banstead.gov.uk. 19 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.