Rebecca Shorten
Personal information
Born (1993-11-25) 25 November 1993 (age 30)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportRowing
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Račice Coxless four
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Belgrade Coxless four
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich Coxless four
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow Eight
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lucerne Eight
Silver medal – second place 2022 Munich Eight
Silver medal – second place 2023 Bled Coxless four
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Varese Coxless four

Rebecca Shorten (born 25 November 1993) is a Northern Irish and British rower.[1]

Career

Shorten won a silver medal in the eight at the 2019 European Rowing Championships.[2] In 2021, she won a European bronze medal in the coxless four in Varese, Italy.[3]

She has been selected for the British team to compete in the rowing events, in the coxless four for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4][5]

She won a gold medal in the coxless four at the 2022 European Rowing Championships[6] and the 2022 World Rowing Championships.[7]

At the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, she won the World Championship gold medal in the women's coxless four.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Athlete Profile". British Rowing. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. ^ "European Rowing Championships: Great Britain men's four win gold in Lucerne". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Women's Four Final A (Final)". World Rowing. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  4. ^ "British Olympic Association selects Olympic rowing team for Tokyo 2020". British Rowing. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Tokyo Olympics: NI's Rebecca Shorten, Rebecca Edwards and Hannah Scott selected for GB rowing squad". BBC. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  6. ^ Woods, Mark (13 August 2022). "British rowing bounces back with four golds in European Championships". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. ^ "World Rowing Championships: GB win four golds on penultimate day". BBC. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Rowing - World Championships - 2023". The Sports.org. Retrieved 18 September 2023.

External links

World champions – Women's coxless four
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