Esme Booth

Rower // Women's Squad
Club: Leander Club/Stratford-upon-Avon BC
Height: 193 cm
Hometown: Stratford–upon-Avon

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Esme took up rowing when her name was pulled out of a hat for a local primary school competition to try out rowing.

Inspired, she joined Stratford upon Avon Boat Club and fell in love with being out on the water with her friends. She decided to continue her rowing career at Oxford Brookes and it was there that she trialled for the GB Rowing Team in the hope that she could make her dreams of racing at an Olympic Games a reality.

She first represented GB at the World Rowing U23 Championships in 2019. In 2023, Esme and team mate Emily Ford made history, becoming the first British women to qualify two boats for an Olympic Games at the same regatta when they raced in the women’s pair and women’s eight at the World Championships in Belgrade.

Esme’s aspiration is to be an Olympic champion and share rowing with as many people as she can along the way.

At Paris 2024 she won a superb silver in the Women’s four with Helen Glover, Sam Redgrave, and Rebecca Shorten.

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Esme is a Physiotherapist and Support worker. She has also contributed to setting up a regional ‘learn to row’ course with the collaboration of Love Rowing and The Silverlining Brain Injury Charity for those that wouldn’t otherwise get the chance to experience the sport.

Just focus on the stroke you’re on

On The Water

GB Competitive Record

Year Event Result Boat
2024 Olympic Rowing Regatta
Paris, FRA
W4-
2024 World Rowing Cup II
Lucerne, SUI
W4-
2024 European Rowing Championships
Szeged, HUN
W4-
2024 World Rowing Cup I
Varese, ITA
W4-
2023 World Rowing Championships
Belgrade, SRB
4 W8+
2023 World Rowing Championships
Belgrade, SRB
9 (3 in Final B) W2-
2023 World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI
W8+
2023 World Rowing Cup II
Varese, ITA
W8+
2023 World Rowing Cup II
Varese, ITA
5 W2-
2023 European Rowing Championships
Bled, SLO
W8+
2023 European Rowing Championships
Bled, SLO
5 W2-
2022 World Rowing Championships
Racice, CZE
5 W2-
2022 European Rowing Championships
Munich, GER
W2-
2022 European Rowing Championships
Munich, GER
W8+
2022 World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI
W2-
2022 World Rowing Cup I
Belgrade, SRB
W2-
2021 World Rowing Cup III
Sabaudia, ITA
4 W4-
2019 World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Sarasota-Bradenton, USA
7 (1 in Final B) BW2-
Year:
2024
Event:
Olympic Rowing Regatta
Paris, FRA
Result:
Boat:
W4-
Year:
2024
Event:
World Rowing Cup II
Lucerne, SUI
Result:
Boat:
W4-
Year:
2024
Event:
European Rowing Championships
Szeged, HUN
Result:
Boat:
W4-
Year:
2024
Event:
World Rowing Cup I
Varese, ITA
Result:
Boat:
W4-
Year:
2023
Event:
World Rowing Championships
Belgrade, SRB
Result:
4
Boat:
W8+
Year:
2023
Event:
World Rowing Championships
Belgrade, SRB
Result:
9 (3 in Final B)
Boat:
W2-
Year:
2023
Event:
World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI
Result:
Boat:
W8+
Year:
2023
Event:
World Rowing Cup II
Varese, ITA
Result:
Boat:
W8+
Year:
2023
Event:
World Rowing Cup II
Varese, ITA
Result:
5
Boat:
W2-
Year:
2023
Event:
European Rowing Championships
Bled, SLO
Result:
Boat:
W8+
Year:
2023
Event:
European Rowing Championships
Bled, SLO
Result:
5
Boat:
W2-
Year:
2022
Event:
World Rowing Championships
Racice, CZE
Result:
5
Boat:
W2-
Year:
2022
Event:
European Rowing Championships
Munich, GER
Result:
Boat:
W2-
Year:
2022
Event:
European Rowing Championships
Munich, GER
Result:
Boat:
W8+
Year:
2022
Event:
World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI
Result:
Boat:
W2-
Year:
2022
Event:
World Rowing Cup I
Belgrade, SRB
Result:
Boat:
W2-
Year:
2021
Event:
World Rowing Cup III
Sabaudia, ITA
Result:
4
Boat:
W4-
Year:
2019
Event:
World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Sarasota-Bradenton, USA
Result:
7 (1 in Final B)
Boat:
BW2-