Rebecca Shorten

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

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

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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