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Rebecca Scown
Juliette Haighand Rebecca Scown in 2010
Personal information
Born(1983-08-10)10 August 1983(age 40)
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'srowing
RepresentingNew 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 professionalrowerfrom New Zealand. Together withJuliette Haigh,she won the bronze medal in the women's coxless pair at the2012 Summer Olympics.[1]Previously they had won gold in the women's pair at theWorld Rowing Cupregatta in Lucerne, 2010[2]and at the2010 World Rowing Championshipsat Lake Karapiro and the2011 World Rowing Championshipsin Bled.[3][4][5][6]After winning a bronze medal with the New Zealand women's eight at the2017 World Rowing Championships,she is having a break from rowing in the 2017/18 season.

Personal life[edit]

Scown was born inHāwerain 1983.[7]Sonia Waddell(née Scown), a fellow competitive rower, is her cousin. Her uncleAlistair Scown(Waddell's father) is a formerAll Black.[8]She completed her schooling atWanganui Collegiate School.She participated in a number of extra-curricular activities during her schooling years, most notablyrowingwhich she took up during her final years atWanganui Collegiate School.Her teachers saw potential in her and allowed Scown to participate in the New Zealand Secondary Schools Rowing Regatta for Collegiate.

Scown was accepted to theUniversity of Otagoto study bothCommerceandArtsand completed herBachelor of CommerceinMarketingandBachelor of ArtsinArt Historybefore moving north toCambridgein theWaikatoto begin her career as a full-timeathlete.

Since the completion of herdegree,Rebecca has also achieved apostgraduate diplomainSport Management.[9]

Rowing career[edit]

During her summer holidays, Scown would go home toWanganuiand compete in theRowing New ZealandSummer season. In 2005, which was her final year at University, she received aRowing New Zealandtrial and was named a member of the New Zealand Under-23 Women'squad scullwith fellow members Bess Halley, Darnelle Timbs, and Clementine Marshall.[10]Scown and her crew mates competed at the Under-23 World Championships in Amsterdam and won abronze medal.[11]

In 2006, Scown rowed for theUnion Boat ClubinWanganuiand the Central Regional Performance Centre, gaining a number of places at theRowing New ZealandChampionships onLake Karapiro.She was then named as a member of the New Zealand Women's Rowing Eight to compete at the2006 World Rowing Championshipsin Eton, England.[12]The crew came in 7th.

A year later, Scown competed at the2007 World Rowing Championshipsin Munich, Germany as part of the New Zealand Women's Rowing Eight.[13]However, once again, Scown and her crew returned home empty-handed as they came in 9th.

Scown was later named as the stroke of the New Zealand Women's Eight which was sent to theRowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – QualificationinPoznań,Poland, however, her crew was unsuccessful in their bid to qualify for the2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

2009 provided the opportunity for her to secure a seat in the New Zealand Women's Pair.[14]Scown was named in the boat with fellow eight-rowerEmma Featheryand the pair competed at two World Rowing Cup events, winning both world cups and becoming World Rowing Cup leaders for their event in 2009.[15]They went on to compete in the2009 World Rowing ChampionshipsinPoznań,Poland, and found themselves in one of the closest races of the regatta; there was only 1 second within the first three crews in the race and Scown and Feathery came in third, winning thebronze.[16][17]

In 2010, Juliette Haigh who was in the New Zealand Women's Pair from 2004 to 2008 returned to the event and partnered with Scown in the boat. The pair competed at two World Rowing Cup events and convincingly won both finals and the World Rowing Cup leadership jerseys, making them favourites for the2010 World Rowing Championshipsto be held atLake Karapiroin November 2010.[18][19][20]She won a silver medal at the2015 World Rowing Championshipswith the women's eight, qualifying the boat for the2016 Olympics.[21]She also competed in thecoxless pairin Rio and withGenevieve Behrentwon silver, beaten by the reigning Olympic championsHeather StanningandHelen Gloverof Great Britain.[22]Behrent announced in November 2016 that she would take a break in 2017, hence Scown will need a new rowing partner.[23]Scown rowed with the women's eight in 2017 and won a bronze medal at the2017 World Rowing ChampionshipsinSarasota, Florida.[24]Scown will take the 2017/18 rowing season off, and will review her involvement in rowing during that time.[25]

References[edit]

  1. ^"Bronze for NZ women's pair".tvnz.co.nz.Retrieved2 August2012.
  2. ^World RowingRacing for the top at Lucerne World Rowing CupArchived13 September 2010 at theWayback MachinePublished 11 July 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  3. ^BBC NewsGB women's pair storm to silver at world championshipsPublished 6 November 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
  4. ^World RowingThe 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 fromthe originalon 8 November 2010.Retrieved6 November2010.
  6. ^"Events – worldrowing.com".www.worldrowing.com.Retrieved22 June2015.
  7. ^"Olympics: Silver for super Scown".Wanganui Chronicle.13 August 2016.Retrieved8 September2016.
  8. ^"Rebecca Scown".International Rowing Federation.Retrieved14 December2016.
  9. ^Richardson, Daniel (7 October 2009)."Storm Uru wins sports crown again".Manawatu Standard.Retrieved4 November2011.
  10. ^World RowingNew Zealand announces elite team[permanent dead link]Published 21 March 2005. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  11. ^Wanganui ChronicleRebecca bags a bronzePublished 26 July 2005. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  12. ^World RowingRowing New Zealand selects team[permanent dead link]Published 13 March 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  13. ^World RowingNew Zealand first to select rowing squadArchived15 March 2007 at theWayback MachinePublished 8 March 2007. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  14. ^"Australia show themselves at rowing champs".World Rowing. 23 August 2009.Retrieved20 September2010.[permanent dead link]
  15. ^Leggat, David (22 June 2009)."Rowing: Coxless pairs in sizzling form at World Cup regatta".The New Zealand Herald.Retrieved4 November2011.
  16. ^"More rowing chances".Radio Sport New Zealand.30 August 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 27 September 2011.Retrieved18 September2010.
  17. ^Alderson, Andrew (30 August 2009)."Rowing: Golds pour in for Kiwis".The New Zealand Herald.Retrieved4 November2011.
  18. ^Anderson, Ian (18 September 2010)."Homework looming for bookmakers and punters".Waikato Times.Retrieved4 November2011.
  19. ^Pickles, Michelle (15 September 2010)."Kiwi rowers looking for Karapiro gold rush".3 News.Archived fromthe originalon 29 September 2012.Retrieved4 November2011.
  20. ^World RowingWho to Watch at the Rowing World Cup in LucerneArchived12 August 2010 at theWayback MachinePublished 7 July 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  21. ^Anderson, Ian (7 September 2015)."New Zealand eights surge into Olympic medal contention at world champs".Stuff.co.nz.Retrieved9 September2015.
  22. ^"Rio Olympics 2016: Silver for Genevieve Behrent and Rebecca Scown in women's pair".The New Zealand Herald.12 August 2016.Retrieved12 August2016.
  23. ^"Rowing pair Hamish Bond and Eric Murray put golden partnership on hold".The New Zealand Herald.18 November 2016.Retrieved20 November2016.
  24. ^"(W8+) Women's Eight – Final".International Rowing Federation.Retrieved12 October2017.
  25. ^"2017/18 Summer Squad".Rowing New Zealand.11 October 2017.Retrieved12 October2017.

External links[edit]

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