Rebecca Romero

Rebecca Romero is an Olympic silver medalist at rowing. After retiring from rowing, after the 2005 World Championships, she made a seamless transition to cycling and represents an excellent chance for a future Olympic medal. To win an Olympic medal at different disciplines is quite a rare occurrence and is unheard of in a sport as different as rowing and cycling.

Born in Twickenham, London in 1980, Rebecca didn’t take up rowing until the relatively late age of 17. However, once she had taken up the sport she made rapid progress to become a key member of the British Olympic squad.

In December 2006, after only recently making the switch to cycling, Rebecca won the Silver medal in a World Cup event in the 3,000 mertres track pursuit. (She was beaten by fellow Briton Wendy Houvenhagel.)

World Championships

Rebecca won silver in the 2007 World Championships in Palma Mallorca

On 16th February 2008, Rebecca won gold in the World Cup meet in Copenhagen and now represents one of the leading candidates for winning the Olympic Gold in Beijing.

Chris Boardman who helps in the training of British cyclists has been impressed by the physical capacity and mental strength of Rebecca. Speaking on Rebecca he said:

“She’s prepared to ask the hard questions and her commitment is unquestioned,” he said. “She’s utterly uninterested in the silver medal. She’s been there and done that and she doesn’t want another one. It’s fantastic but quite scary as well with her level of commitment.”

2008 World Championships Manchester

• Won Gold in 3KM Individual Pursuit
• 3KM Team pursuit with Wendy Houvenaghel and Joanna Rowsell

External Links

• Rebecca Romero at Daily Telegraph
• Rebecca Romero.co.uk