1. Rebecca Scown was born on 10 August 1983 and is a Silver and Bronze Olympic medalist rower from New Zealand.
14 Facts About Rebecca Scown
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Juliette and Rebecca won gold in the women's pair at the World Rowing Cup regatta in Lucerne, 2010 and at the 2010 World Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro and the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled.
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Rebecca Scown created history stroking the New Zealand's women's eight at the 2015 World Rowing Championships where they won the first ever silver medal for New Zealand in the event, and in doing so qualified the eight for the Olympic Games in Rio.
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Rebecca Scown's uncle Alistair Scown is a former All Black.
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Rebecca Scown participated in a number of extra-curricular activities during her schooling years, most notably rowing which she took up during her final years at Wanganui Collegiate School.
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Rebecca Scown's teachers saw potential in her and allowed Scown to participate in the New Zealand Secondary Schools Rowing Regatta for Collegiate.
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Rebecca Scown was accepted to the University of Otago to study both Commerce and Arts and completed her Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing and Bachelor of Arts in Art History before moving north to Cambridge in the Waikato to begin her career as a full-time athlete.
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Since the completion of her degree, Rebecca Scown has achieved a postgraduate diploma in Sport Management.
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In 2006, Rebecca Scown rowed for the Union Boat Club in Wanganui and the Central Regional Performance Centre, gaining a number of places at the Rowing New Zealand Championships on Lake Karapiro.
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Rebecca Scown was then named as a member of the New Zealand Women's Rowing Eight to compete at the 2006 World Rowing Championships in Eton, England.
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Rebecca Scown was named in the boat with fellow eight-rower Emma Feathery and the pair competed at two World Rowing Cup events, winning both world cups and becoming World Rowing Cup leaders for their event in 2009.
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Rebecca Scown won a silver medal at the 2015 World Rowing Championships with the women's eight, qualifying the boat for the 2016 Olympics.
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Rebecca Scown competed in the coxless pair in Rio and with Genevieve Behrent won silver, beaten by the reigning Olympic champions Heather Stanning and Helen Glover of Great Britain.
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Rebecca Scown rowed with the women's eight in 2017 and won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida.