[1][2] Dunford won gold for Great Britain at the 2017 World Rowing Junior Championships in Lithuania in 2017, alongside Zoe Adamson in the women's double.

She also had with three first-place finishes in the single sculls at the GB Rowing Team Junior trials.

[5] Dunford won a silver medal in the Great Britain women's eight at the 2019 World Rowing Under-23 Championships in July 2019.

[6] She won gold in the Great Britain women's four at the 2021 World Rowing U23 Championships in Račice, Czechia.

[7] She made her debut in a senior British vest at the World Cup regatta in Italy in April 2024, winning silver in the four and the eight.