Kyra Edwards
Kyra Edwards
Rowing
Club: Nottingham RC
Height: 178cm
Hometown: Nottingham
Kyra Edwards is a member of the British Rowing squad – she has represented Great Britain and won medals at Junior, Under 23 and Senior level (competing for her country since she was 15 years old).
“I started rowing at 13, I loved pushing my limits mentally and physically and getting to do it with a like-minded team.”
· Silver medal in the 2015 Junior World Championships
· Bronze medal in the 2018 U23 World Championships
· Debut in the Senior Great Britain Team in the 2019 World III (alongside Ruth Siddorn) in the Women’s Double Sculls
· Silver medal at the 2022 Rowing World Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland
Off The Water, Kyra attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) on a rowing scholarship and graduated with a BSc degree in Statistics. Kyra went onto the University College London to complete her Masters Degree in Statistics (alongside being in the national team). Kyra is now pursuing a PhD in Health Data Science at the University of Oxford.
Kyra was the recipient of the National Institute of Health Research Predoctoral Fellowships in 2021, she is passionate about using large-scale wearable data and machine learning techniques to address critical public health questions.
Kyra has expertise in advanced programming, analysis of mobile application data, and deep understanding of statistical theory enables her to navigate complex datasets and develop innovative tools for public health inference, particularly focused on women's health, mental and physical well-being, and their intersection. Kyra established general additive models as a benchmark for menstrual cycle analysis.
Kyra has long been a vocal advocate of challenging stereotypes within her sport. When it comes to improving diversity in British Rowing, she hopes she will act as inspiration for the next generation.
For a long time, Kyra was the only Black member of the Great Britain squad, a situation she is working with key figures at British Rowing and UK Sport to improve.
“It is so important to me the Black children – or any ethnic minority – watching at home, that they can see that diversity is possible. That they can thrive even in spaces they don’t think were made for them.”
