Rebecca Wing

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Rebecca Wing
Full nameRebecca Jayne Wing
Nickname(s)Becky
Country representedFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Flag of England.svg  England
Born (1992-07-15) 15 July 1992 (age 29)
Frimley
Hometown Farnborough, Hampshire
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
ClubHeathrow Gymnastics Club
College team Stanford (2012-2016)
Head coach(es)Vincent + Michele Walduck
Assistant coach(es)Natalia Ilienko-Jarvis

Rebecca Jayne Wing (born 15 July 1992) is a British artistic gymnast from Farnborough, Hampshire. She was a member of the British 2008 Summer Olympics artistic gymnastics team [1] [2] and a member of the British team that came 6th at the 2007 World Championships in Stuttgart. She studied at Cove Secondary School and Farnborough Sixth Form College where she achieved straight A grades in her A Levels of Maths, Psychology, Biology and PE. [3] [4] After originally obtaining a place at the University of Exeter, Wing decided to take a gap year before obtaining a scholarship to Stanford University to compete for their NCAA gymnastics team as Class of 2015. [5]

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References

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  3. "Gymnastics: Beth plays her part as GB seal place at Games". 5 September 2007.
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