Douwe de Graaf
British rower (born 2000)
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Douwe de Graaf (born 23 May 2000) is a British rower. He was a gold medalist at the 2025 World Rowing Championships in the coxless four.
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| Born | 23 May 2000[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Leander Club | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
He started rowing in 2013 at St Paul's School, London, where his older brother was a member of the men’s eight. He attended Harvard University in the United States, and later studied for an MPhil in Finance and Economics at St Edmund's College, Cambridge.[2][3]
He was a medalist at the World Junior Rowing Championships and was a gold medalist in the men’s pair, alongside Calvin Tarczy, at the 2021 World Rowing U23 Championships in the Czech Republic.[4][5]
In 2024, he was a member of the Leander Club crew which set a new course record at the Head of the River Race on the River Thames.[6] He won the Men’s pairs at the GB Trails alongside George Bourne in February 2025.[7] Representing St Edmund's College Boat Club, he was a member of the winning Cambridge boat at the 2025 Varsity Boat Race.[8][9][10] He was a gold medalist at the 2025 World Rowing Championships in the coxless four in Shanghai, in September 2025, alongside Bourne, Dan Graham and James Robson.[11][12]