Rebecca Jayne Wing (born 15 July 1992) is a British artistic gymnast from Farnborough, Hampshire. She was a member of the British 2008 Summer Olympics artistic gymnastics team[1][2] and a member of the British team that came 6th at the 2007 World Championships in Stuttgart. She studied at Cove Secondary School and Farnborough Sixth Form College where she achieved straight A grades in her A Levels of Maths, Psychology, Biology and PE.[3][4] After originally obtaining a place at the University of Exeter, Wing decided to take a gap year before obtaining a scholarship to Stanford University to compete for their NCAA gymnastics team as Class of 2015.[5]
| Rebecca Wing | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Rebecca Jayne Wing | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Becky | ||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Great Britain England | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 July 1992 Frimley, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Farnborough, Hampshire | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Heathrow Gymnastics Club | ||||||||||||||
| College team | Stanford (2012-2016) | ||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Vincent + Michele Walduck | ||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Natalia Ilienko-Jarvis | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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References
edit- ^ "Women's Artistic Olympic Team Announced". 29 June 2008.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rebecca Wing". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Gymnastics: Beth plays her part as GB seal place at Games". 5 September 2007.
- ^ "The Official Website of Becky Wing".
- ^ "Stanford Completes All-Star Gymnastics Recruiting Class". Archived from the original on 4 January 2012.
External links
edit- Rebecca Wing at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Rebecca Wing at Olympics.com
- Rebecca Wing at Team GB
- Rebecca Wing at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Rebecca Wing at Olympedia
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