Cedol Dafydd
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. BiographyFrom 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
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