Rebecca Shorten

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.

Rebecca Shorten

Shorten in 2022
Personal information
Born	(1993-11-25) 25 November 1993 (age 31) Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Rowing
Medal record Women's rowing Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2024 Paris Coxless four World Championships 2022 Račice Coxless four 2023 Belgrade Coxless four European Championships 2022 Oberschleißheim Coxless four 2024 Szeged Coxless four 2018 Glasgow Eight 2019 Lucerne Eight 2022 Oberschleißheim Eight 2023 Bled Coxless four 2021 Varese Coxless four

She attended Methodist College Belfast and Roehampton University.^[1]

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 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]