Rebecca Scown

Rebecca Scown
Juliette Haigh and Rebecca Scown in 2010
Personal information
Born (1983-08-10) 10 August 1983 (age 41)
Hāwera, New Zealand
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Relative(s)Alistair Scown (uncle)
Sonia Waddell (cousin)
Sport
ClubUnion Boat Club (Whanganui)
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  New Zealand
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Coxless pair
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Coxless pair
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Karapiro Coxless pair
Gold medal – first place 2011 Bled Coxless pair
Silver medal – second place 2015 Aiguebelette Eight
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Poznań Coxless pair
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Chungju Coxless pair
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Amsterdam Coxless pair
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Sarasota Eight

Rebecca Scown (born 10 August 1983) is a professional rower from New Zealand. Together with Juliette Haigh, she won the bronze medal in the women's coxless pair at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1] Previously they had won gold in the women's pair at the World Rowing Cup regatta in Lucerne, 2010[2] and at the 2010 World Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro and the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled.[3][4][5][6] After winning a bronze medal with the New Zealand women's eight at the 2017 World Rowing Championships, she is having a break from rowing in the 2017/18 season.

  1. ^ "Bronze for NZ women's pair". tvnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  2. ^ World Rowing Racing for the top at Lucerne World Rowing Cup Archived 13 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine Published 11 July 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  3. ^ BBC News GB women's pair storm to silver at world championships Published 6 November 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
  4. ^ World Rowing The New Zealand Women's Pairs [permanent dead link] Published 6 November 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
  5. ^ "Scown and Haigh dominant". Sportal NZ. 6 November 2010. Archived from the original on 8 November 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
  6. ^ "Events – worldrowing.com". www.worldrowing.com. Retrieved 22 June 2015.