Rebekah 'Bex' Wilson was born on 17 March 1991 and is a British former bobsleigh brakewoman.
11 Facts About Rebekah Wilson
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Rebekah Wilson competed at the trials for the 2010 Winter Olympics, and the two-woman bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
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Rebekah Wilson attended Navigation Road Primary School and Wellington School.
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When Rebekah Wilson was 9 years old, she took up athletics, after trialling several events including the 100m.
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At 14, Rebekah Wilson changed clubs, moving to her present club of Sale Harriers.
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At 12 Rebekah Wilson set a European Record for the 60m, which stands at present.
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Rebekah Wilson was the Great British number one from the age of 18, but each year has to participate in a selection process.
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Rebekah Wilson quit the national programme and UK Sport funding, and moved from the Great Britain bobsleigh headquarters in Bath back to her native Manchester, cutting her communications with British Bobsleigh for a year.
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Rebekah Wilson trialled for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, but finished fifth and was not selected.
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Rebekah Wilson replaced Walker's partner for the previous season Gillian Cooke.
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Walker and Rebekah Wilson targeted a top-eight finish in the discipline, in order to preserve funding for Walker.