Intro

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	Silver	W4-
2022	World Rowing Championships Racice, CZE	Gold	W4-
2022	European Rowing Championships Munich, GER	Gold	W4-
2022	European Rowing Championships Munich, GER	Silver	W8+
2022	World Rowing Cup III Lucerne, SUI	Gold	W4-
2022	World Rowing Cup I Belgrade, SRB	Gold	W4-
2020	Olympic Games Regatta Tokyo, JPN	4	W4-
2021	World Rowing Cup II Lucerne, SUI	Silver	W4-
2021	European Rowing Championships Varese, ITA	Bronze	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	Bronze	W8+
2019	European Rowing Championships Lucerne, SUI	Silver	W8+
2018	World Rowing Championships Plovdiv, BUL	6	W8+
2018	European Rowing Championships Glasgow, GBR	Silver	W8+
2018	World Rowing Cup II Linz Ottensheim, AUT	Silver	W4-
2018	World Rowing Cup I Belgrade, SRB	Silver	W8+
2017	World Rowing Championships Sarasota-Bradenton, USA	5	W8+
2017	World Rowing Cup III Lucerne, SUI	Bronze	W8+
2017	World Rowing Cup II Poznan, POL	Silver	W8+
2017	European Rowing Championships Racice, CZE	4	W8+

Beyond The Boat

When she’s not rowing, Rebecca enjoys spending time with friends and seeing family in Northern Ireland.