Rebecca Shorten (born 25 November 1993) is a Northern Irish rower from Belfast. She is a world and European gold medallist and Olympic silver medallist for Great Britain.
She attended Methodist College Belfast and Roehampton University.
Career Shorten won a silver medal in the eight at the 2019 European Rowing Championships.
In 2021, she won a European bronze medal in the coxless four in Varese, Italy.
She was selected for the British team to compete in the rowing events, in the coxless four for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
She won a gold medal in the coxless four at the 2022 European Rowing Championships and the 2022 World Rowing Championships.
At the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, she won the World Championship bronze medal in the women's coxless four.
In August 2024, Shorten was stroke for the British team that won a silver medal in the Women's Four at the Paris Olympics.Nigel Ringland, 'Shorten looks for silver lining as Team GB pipped to gold'. BBC Sport, 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024
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External links
Rebecca Shorten at British Rowing
Rebecca Shorten at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)