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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 January 2005 Currie, Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb; 9 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rebecca Grieve (born 30 January 2005) is a British sprinter. [1]
From Currie in Scotland, she started athletics at the age of eight years-old and competing at nine. She was a member of Edinburgh Athletics and won the Scottish U20 title as a 15 year-old. [2] She also raced for Pitreavie ACC and Woodford Green Ladies. She attended the University of New Mexico in the United States to study biology. [3] [4]
In August 2021, she was part of a Scottish 4x400 metres relay team that set a new Scottish U20 record racing in Manchester. [5]
She won a gold medal in the medley relay at the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships in Jerusalem in July 2022. [6] That year, she was the number one Scottish athlete in her age-group over 200 metres and 400 metres. [7]
She competed at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru. Taking part in the 4 x 400 metres relay, she ran the second fastest leg of all competitors (52.86 seconds) as Britain qualified for the final. [8] In the final, she ran as the British team won the bronze medal. [9] [10]
She was named in the British team for the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, placing eighth in the final of the 400 metres. [11] [12] Later in the championships, she ran as part of the gold medal winning British 4 x 400 metres relay team. [13]
