Rebecca Shorten
Rower // Women's Squad
Date of Birth: 25th Nov 1993 (29 years old)
Club: Imperial College BC
Height: 183cm
Hometown: Belfast

Tokyo Olympian Rebecca Shorten is reigning European Champion in the women's coxless four (W4-).
As a youngster, she took up rowing whilst at school at Methodist College Belfast and represented Rowing Ireland in the JW4x at the Coupe de la Jeunesse in 2011 where she won a bronze medal. She was part of the winning women’s eight at the British Rowing Championships in 2015.
Having shown her talent at Imperial College Boat Club on the Putney embankment – finishing in third place at the Women’s Eights Head of the River Race in 2015 and 2017 – she was invited to train full-time at Caversham in April 2017.
That year she stroked the women’s eight (W8+) to silver at World Cup I and bronze at World Cup III. At the World Championships, her crew finished fifth in a race where just over a length separated the six boats. Still in the W8+, in 2018 she won the silver medal at the European Rowing Championships and finished sixth at the World Championships; in 2019 they won silver again at the Europeans, this timing coming sixth at the Worlds.
Moving into the W4- for 2021, she took bronze at the European Championships and finished fourth at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
In 2022 she has enjoyed an unbeaten season in the W4-, winning gold at Worlds Cups I and III and at the European Championships, where her crew doubled up in the eight, adding a silver medal to their collection, and at the World Championships.
She remained in the new-look GB women’s four in 2023, winning silver at the European Championships.
On The Water
GB Competitive Record
Year | Event | Position | Boat |
---|---|---|---|
2023 | European Rowing Championships Bled, SLO |
W4- | |
2022 | World Rowing Championships Racice, CZE |
W4- | |
2022 | European Rowing Championships Munich, GER |
W4- | |
2022 | European Rowing Championships Munich, GER |
W8+ | |
2022 | World Rowing Cup III Lucerne, SUI |
W4- | |
2022 | World Rowing Cup I Belgrade, SRB |
W4- | |
2020 | Olympic Games Regatta Tokyo, JPN |
4 | W4- |
2021 | World Rowing Cup II Lucerne, SUI |
W4- | |
2021 | European Rowing Championships Varese, ITA |
W4- | |
2019 | World Rowing Championships Linz Ottensheim, AUT |
5 | W8+ |
2019 | World Rowing Cup III Rotterdam, NED |
5 | W8+ |
2019 | World Rowing Cup II Poznan, POL |
W8+ | |
2019 | European Rowing Championships Lucerne, SUI |
W8+ | |
2018 | World Rowing Championships Plovdiv, BUL |
6 | W8+ |
2018 | European Rowing Championships Glasgow, GBR |
W8+ | |
2018 | World Rowing Cup II Linz Ottensheim, AUT |
W4- | |
2018 | World Rowing Cup I Belgrade, SRB |
W8+ | |
2017 | World Rowing Championships Sarasota-Bradenton, USA |
5 | W8+ |
2017 | World Rowing Cup III Lucerne, SUI |
W8+ | |
2017 | World Rowing Cup II Poznan, POL |
W8+ | |
2017 | European Rowing Championships Racice, CZE |
4 | W8+ |
- Year:
- 2023
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Bled, SLO - Position:
- Boat:
- W4-
- Year:
- 2022
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Racice, CZE - Position:
- Boat:
- W4-
- Year:
- 2022
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Munich, GER - Position:
- Boat:
- W4-
- Year:
- 2022
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Munich, GER - Position:
- Boat:
- W8+
- Year:
- 2022
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI - Position:
- Boat:
- W4-
- Year:
- 2022
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup I
Belgrade, SRB - Position:
- Boat:
- W4-
- Year:
- 2020
- Event:
- Olympic Games Regatta
Tokyo, JPN - Position:
- 4
- Boat:
- W4-
- Year:
- 2021
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Lucerne, SUI - Position:
- Boat:
- W4-
- Year:
- 2021
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Varese, ITA - Position:
- Boat:
- W4-
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Linz Ottensheim, AUT - Position:
- 5
- Boat:
- W8+
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Rotterdam, NED - Position:
- 5
- Boat:
- W8+
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Poznan, POL - Position:
- Boat:
- W8+
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Lucerne, SUI - Position:
- Boat:
- W8+
- Year:
- 2018
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Plovdiv, BUL - Position:
- 6
- Boat:
- W8+
- Year:
- 2018
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Glasgow, GBR - Position:
- Boat:
- W8+
- Year:
- 2018
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Linz Ottensheim, AUT - Position:
- Boat:
- W4-
- Year:
- 2018
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup I
Belgrade, SRB - Position:
- Boat:
- W8+
- Year:
- 2017
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Sarasota-Bradenton, USA - Position:
- 5
- Boat:
- W8+
- Year:
- 2017
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI - Position:
- Boat:
- W8+
- Year:
- 2017
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Poznan, POL - Position:
- Boat:
- W8+
- Year:
- 2017
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Racice, CZE - Position:
- 4
- Boat:
- W8+
Beyond the Boat
When she’s not rowing, Rebecca enjoys spending time with friends and seeing family in Northern Ireland.