Thomas Ford

Thomas Ford (born 3 October 1992) is a British national representative rower. He is an Olympic and two-time world champion in the men's eight event.

Club and varsity rowing Ford was rowing for the Newcastle University Boat Club when he first represented for GB at the U23 level. Following graduation he joined the Leander Club.

International representative career Ford made his representative debut for Great Britain in the men's U23 eight which raced at the 2013 U23 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim. That crew finished overall sixth. In 2014 he again made selection in the GB eight for the U23 World Championships. Ford won a silver medal in the British eight at the 2019 European Rowing Championships and then won bronze at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim, Austria in the eight with Thomas George, James Rudkin, Josh Bugajski, Moe Sbihi, Jacob Dawson, Oliver Wynne-Griffith, Matthew Tarrant and Henry Fieldman.

In 2021, he won a European gold medal in the eight in Varese, Italy. At that year's delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics Ford stroked the Great Britain men's eight. They finished 3rd their heat but proceeded through a repechage to make the Olympic final. In the final they rowed level with the ultimate winner New Zealand at each mark but finished with a bronze medal being pipped for silver in the last 500m by the fast finishing German crew. In 2023 he won a second successive World Championship gold medal again as the strokeman in the men's eight at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade.

He won a gold medal as part of the Great Britain eight at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

In July 2025, Ford will be awarded an honorary degree from Keele University.

Personal life From Holmes Chapel in Cheshire, his sister Emily is also a British international rower and fellow Olympic medallist.