Jessica Leyden (born 22 February 1995) is a British rower.

In 2013, she won single sculls gold at the World Rowing Junior Championships, which made her the first British woman to win a global solo openweight rowing title at any level. At the time, she was a student at Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School. She won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida, as part of the quadruple sculls with Bethany Bryan, Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne and Holly Nixon.

Jessica Leyden

Leyden has twice won the Wingfield Sculls in 2016 and 2019 and also in 2019 it was announced she would represent Team GB at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Jessica Leyden

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Living people

1995 births

British female rowers

World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain

Sportspeople from Sheffield

European Rowing Championships medalists

21st-century British women

21st-century British people

Jessica Leyden