Cedol Dafydd
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| Born | 4 October 2000[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | University of Bath | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Cedol Dafydd (born 4 October 2000) is a Welsh rower. Competing in the quadruple sculls, he won a gold medal for Great Britain at the 2025 European Championships and a silver medal at the 2025 World Championships.
Biography
[edit]From Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales, he was a member of Swim Gwynedd performance club, played rugby union at Bangor RFC, and also competed in long-distance running prior to taking up rowing.[2][3] Dafydd began his rowing career with the Bath, Somerset-based South West Performance Development Academy. He was educated at the University of Bath, graduating in Sports Management and Coaching.[4]
He won the gold medal at the 2025 European Rowing Championships in Plovdiv in the men's quadruple sculls, as the team of Dafydd, Rory Harris, Callum Dixon, and Matt Haywood achieved a European best time of five minutes and 35 seconds.[5] It was Great Britain's first ever European gold in the men’s quadruple sculls.[6] He won the 2025 World Rowing Cup Series with the British men’s quad, placing third in Varese and winning the event in Lucerne.[7][8]
He won the silver medal at the 2025 World Rowing Championships in Shanghai in the men's quadruple sculls with Harris, Dixon and Haywood.[9]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Cedol Dafydd". World Rowing. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ↑ "Cedol Dafydd". British Rowing. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ↑ Jones, Daffyd (19 September 2025). "From university fresher to World Championships". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ↑ "Bath graduates Becky Wilde and Cedol Dafydd selected to make World Rowing Championships debuts for Great Britain". Team Bath. 2 September 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ↑ "Leander athletes help GB smash European Championship records". Henley Standard. 9 June 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ↑ "In Conversation with Anything but Footy Olympic and Paralympic Podcast". British Rowing. 11 June 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ↑ "NINE NATIONS WIN INDIVIDUAL WORLD ROWING CUP TROPHIES". World Rowing. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ↑ "It's coming home… Great Britain Wins World Rowing Cup". British Rowing. 29 June 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ↑ Ringland, Nigel (25 September 2025). "Double silver for GB quads at World Championships". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
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