Rebecca Shorten Explained

Rebecca Shorten
Birth Date:25 November 1993
Birth Place:Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height:1.81 m
Country:Great Britain
Sport:Rowing

Rebecca Shorten (born 25 November 1993) is a Northern Irish rower from Belfast.[1] She is a world and European gold medallist and Olympic silver medallist for Great Britain.

She attended Methodist College Belfast and Roehampton University.[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 was 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 bronze medal in the women's coxless four.[8]

In August 2024, Shorten was stroke for the British team that won a silver medal in the Women's Four at the Paris Olympics.[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athlete Profile . British Rowing . 19 September 2023.
  2. News: European Rowing Championships: Great Britain men's four win gold in Lucerne. 2 June 2019. BBC Sport. BBC. 6 June 2019.
  3. Web site: Women's Four Final A (Final). World Rowing. 11 June 2021.
  4. Web site: British Olympic Association selects Olympic rowing team for Tokyo 2020. British Rowing. 9 June 2021 . 11 June 2021.
  5. News: Tokyo Olympics: NI's Rebecca Shorten, Rebecca Edwards and Hannah Scott selected for GB rowing squad. BBC Sport . 9 June 2021 . 11 June 2021.
  6. News: Woods . Mark . British rowing bounces back with four golds in European Championships . . 13 August 2022 . 25 September 2022 .
  7. News: World Rowing Championships: GB win four golds on penultimate day . . 24 September 2022 . 25 September 2022 .
  8. Web site: Rowing - World Championships - 2023 . The Sports.org . 18 September 2023.
  9. Nigel Ringland, 'Shorten looks for silver lining as Team GB pipped to gold'. BBC Sport, 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024