Erin Kennedy

Two-time world champion Erin Kennedy (née Wysocki-Jones) brings a wealth of high level coxing experience to the senior squad.

Cox of the victorious Oxford women’s blue boat in 2014, Erin joined Leander Club in Henley-on-Thames to continue coxing after her studies.

She was spare for the Paralympic Mix4+ in Rio 2016 and trialled for the Senior Women’s 8+ in the 2017 Season. March 2017 saw her steer a women’s eight of returning Olympians to victory at the Women’s Eights Head of the River Race. She then coxed GB’s women’s eight to fourth at the European Rowing Championships in Racice.

She moved across to trial for the Paralympic programme in the 2018 season and was selected for the World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Erin coxed the crew to their eighth consecutive World Championship gold medal in a hard fought race against their main rivals, the USA.

Erin was once again selected for the coxing seat for the 2019 Season and steered the crew to two gold medals in May at the International Para Rowing Regatta in Gavirate, Italy. At the 2019 World Championships, the PR3Mix4+ dominated the field to win the event by 12 seconds, whilst also claiming a qualification spot for Tokyo 2020.

Kennedy won Gold in PR3 Mix4x at the Varese European Championships 2021, alongside Buttrick, Rakauskaite, Fox and Stanhope before claiming Gold in the Paralympic event at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

The Wantage rower added two more European golds in the Mixed Fours in 2022 and 2023 at Munich and Bled respectively along with a world title in Belgrade.