Carla Ashford

Carla was selected for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games for the women's eight and finished 5th. 

Carla raced in the eight in the 2008 World Cup series, finishing 5th, 6th and 3rd. She won a bronze medal in the eight at the World Championships in 2007. She was a world championships finalist in 2005 and a B finalist in 2006 – both in the women's eight. She raced in the eight in the 2007 World Cup series, always reaching the A Final and finishing 2nd, 5th and 4th.

Carla learnt to row at Oxford Brookes University in 2000. In 2002 she won the Remenham Cup for women's eights at Henley Royal Regatta and in the same year raced at the World University Championships in the four, finishing 4th.

Carla was a member of the women's sweep squad throughout 2005 having won the squad trials. She won bronze in the pair at the Lucerne World Cup in July and was a member of the eight that competed at the Versailles International Match and the eight that performed so well at the World Championships in Japan, finishing fifth.

In the 2006 World Cup, she finished 6th in Munich, and then took a bronze in Poznan. The eight went on to finish eighth at the 2006 World Championships at Eton.

Carla graduated from Brookes in 2004 with an Honours degree in both Human Biology and Physiotherapy.

Carla is Lottery Funded through UK Sport.