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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.
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]
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