Rebecca Shorten
Personal information
Born (1993-11-25) 25 November 1993
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 place2022 RačiceCoxless four
Bronze medal – third place2023 BelgradeCoxless four
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 MunichCoxless four
Silver medal – second place2018 GlasgowEight
Silver medal – second place2019 LucerneEight
Silver medal – second place2022 MunichEight
Silver medal – second place2023 BledCoxless four
Bronze medal – third place2021 VareseCoxless 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.
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