Rebecca Romero

Rebecca Romero
MBE
At the World Championships, 2008
Personal information
Full nameRebecca Romero
Born (1980-01-24) 24 January 1980 (age 44)
Carshalton, United Kingdom
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight73 kg (161 lb)[1]
Team information
DisciplineTrack & Road
RoleRider
Rider typeTT / Pursuit
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Women's rowing
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Quadruple sculls
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Gifu Quadruple sculls
Women's track cycling
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Individual pursuit
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Manchester Individual pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2008 Manchester Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2007 Palma de Mallorca Individual pursuit

Rebecca Jayne Romero, MBE (born 24 January 1980) is an English sportswoman, a former World Champion and Olympic Games silver medallist at rowing, and a former World champion and an Olympic champion track cyclist.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b "Athlete Biography – ROMERO Rebecca". Beijing Olympics official website. Archived from the original on 25 August 2008.
  2. ^ Profile on British Olympic Association's website
  3. ^ Romero beats GB team-mate to gold BBC News Sunday, 17 August 2008 10:22 UK