{{Short description|British rower (born 1998)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Rory Harris | image = | caption = | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|8|9|df=y}} | birth_place = | sport = Rowing | club = Leander Club | education = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's rowing}} {{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}} {{MedalComp|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2025 Shanghai|Quadruple sculls}} {{MedalComp|European Championships}} {{MedalGold|2025 Plovdiv|Quadruple sculls}} }}
'''Rory Harris''' (born 9 August 1998) is a British rower. Competing in the quadruple sculls, he won a gold medal at the 2025 European Championships and a silver medal at the 2025 World Championships.<ref> {{cite web|url=https://worldrowing.com/athlete/rory-harris?id=48789|title=Rory Harris|accessdate=28 Sep 2025|website=World Rowing}}</ref>
==Career== Harris is from a family of rowers, but initially took part in cross country running before focusing on rowing in secondary school.<ref name="lewis"/> He started rowing at Walton Rowing Club, later competing for Pangbourne, and Molesey and Leander Club. He studied at University of Reading, where he had success in British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) rowing.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.britishrowing.org/athlete/rory-harris/|title=Rory Harris|accessdate=28 Sep 2025|website=British Rowing}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.britishrowing.org/2020/12/british-rowing-awards-university-crew-of-the-year-winner/ |date=28 Dec 2020|title= British Rowing Awards: University Crew of the Year winner |accessdate=28 Sep 2025|website=British Rowing}}</ref>
He won the gold medal at the 2025 European Rowing Championships in Plovdiv in the men's quadruple sculls as the team of Harris, Callum Dixon, Cedol Dafydd and Matt Haywood achieved a European best time of five minutes and 35 seconds.It was Great Britain's first ever European gold in the men’s quadruple sculls.<ref>{{cite web|website=Henley Standard|accessdate=28 Sep 2025|url= https://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/rowing/196924/leander-athletes-help-gb-smash-european-championship-records.html |title= Leander athletes help GB smash European Championship records |date=9 June 2025}}</ref> It was Great Britain's first ever European gold in the men’s quadruple sculls.<ref name="lewis">{{cite web|url= https://www.britishrowing.org/2025/06/in-conversation-with-anything-but-footy-olympic-and-paralympic-podcast/|website=British Rowing|accessdate=28 Sep 2025|title= In Conversation with Anything but Footy Olympic and Paralympic Podcast|date=11 June 2025}}</ref> He won the 2025 World Rowing Cup Series with the British men’s quad, placing third in Varese and winning the event in Lucerne.<ref>{{cite web|website=World Rowing|url= https://worldrowing.com/2025/07/02/nine-nations-win-individual-world-rowing-cup-trophies/ |accessdate=28 Sep 2025|title= NINE NATIONS WIN INDIVIDUAL WORLD ROWING CUP TROPHIES |date=2 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.britishrowing.org/2025/06/its-coming-home-great-britain-wins-world-rowing-cup/|website=British Rowing|accessdate=28 September 2025|title= It's coming home… Great Britain Wins World Rowing Cup|date=29 June 2025}}</ref>
He won the silver medal at the 2025 World Rowing Championships in Shanghai in the men's quadruple sculls with, Dixon, Dafydd and Haywood, as they finished runner-up to the boat from Italy.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cp8jz7lmr47o|website=BBC Sport|accessdate=28 Sep 2025|title= Double silver for GB quads at World Championships|first=Nigel|last=Ringland|date=25 Sep 2025}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Rory}} Category:1998 births Category:Living people Category:British male rowers Category:World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain Category:Alumni of the University of Reading Category:21st-century British sportsmen
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