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| Born | 25 November 1993 Belfast, Northern Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
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]
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