Rebecca Chin
Rower // Women's Squad
Date of Birth: 11th Dec 1991 (32 years old)
Club: Agecroft RC
Height: 178.00
Hometown: Deganwy
Becca Chin enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2015, racing at two World Cups and winning a silver medal at the World Rowing Championships.
Chin is a graduate of the British Rowing World Class Start programme, having gotten into the sport after representing Britain in athletics at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing.
The world U23 medallist is now focusing on her ambition to compete at an Olympic Games.
In 2017, Chin was ever-present in the new-look women’s eight, which debuted at the European Championships in Racice. The crew won silver and bronze in the World Cup series, before finishing fifth at the World Championships in Sarasota-Bradenton.
Becca enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2015, winning a silver medal at the World Championships
On The Water
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2015
2014
2013
Rio 2016 Olympiad: 2013 – 2016
After finishing fifth with Lucinda Gooderham in the women’s pair at the 2015 GB Rowing Team Senior and U23 Trials, Chin was given another chance to impress at the Essen Regatta in Germany. She took it with both hands as she and Karen Bennett won double gold in the women’s pair. The same partnership competed as a second GB pair at the World Cups in Varese and Lucerne, finishing tenth in both.
Chin and Bennett were then selected alongside Gooderham and Holly Norton for a women’s four at the World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette, where they won an impressive silver medal.
Chin was a member of the women’s eight crew that won silver at the 2013 World Rowing U23 Championships in Linz, Austria. She also won the under-23 and open women’s categories at the inaugural British Rowing Sculling Festival in 2013.
She was selected for the senior GB Rowing Team for the first time in 2014 as part of the women’s eight that competed at the Windermere Cup in Seattle.
Chin also represented Britain at the 2014 World University Rowing Championships in Gravelines, France, teaming up with Bennett, Pippa Whittaker and Michelle Vezie to win women’s four gold with a dominant performance.
London 2012 Olympiad: 2009 – 2012
Chin made her GB Rowing Team debut at the 2012 World Rowing U23 Championships in Trakai, Lithuania, as part of the women’s eight that finished fourth.
She also won the BUCS Indoor Rowing Series in 2012.
GB Competitive Record
World Rowing Championships | ||
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2017 | 5th | W8+ |
2015 | W4- |
- World Rowing Championships:
- 2017
- 5th
- W8+
- World Rowing Championships:
- 2015
- W4-
European Rowing Championships | ||
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2017 | 4th | W8+ |
- European Rowing Championships:
- 2017
- 4th
- W8+
World Rowing Cup Regattas | ||
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2018 Belgrade | 8th | W4- |
2017 Lucerne | W8+ | |
2017 Poznan | W8+ | |
2015 Lucerne | 10th | W2- |
2015 Varese | 10th | W2- |
- World Rowing Cup Regattas:
- 2018 Belgrade
- 8th
- W4-
- World Rowing Cup Regattas:
- 2017 Lucerne
- W8+
- World Rowing Cup Regattas:
- 2017 Poznan
- W8+
- World Rowing Cup Regattas:
- 2015 Lucerne
- 10th
- W2-
- World Rowing Cup Regattas:
- 2015 Varese
- 10th
- W2-
World Rowing U23 Championships | ||
---|---|---|
2013 | W8+ | |
2012 | 4th | W8+ |
- World Rowing U23 Championships:
- 2013
- W8+
- World Rowing U23 Championships:
- 2012
- 4th
- W8+
GB Rowing Team Senior Trials | ||
---|---|---|
2016 | 8th | W2- |
2015 | 5th | W2- |
2014 | 12th | W1x |
- GB Rowing Team Senior Trials:
- 2016
- 8th
- W2-
- GB Rowing Team Senior Trials:
- 2015
- 5th
- W2-
- GB Rowing Team Senior Trials:
- 2014
- 12th
- W1x
More info...
Club: Agecroft RC
Boat: Womens Squad
Role: Rower
Coaches: Hamish Burrell, Robin Williams
Learnt to Row: Royal Chester RC
Original Club(s): Royal Chester RC
Original Coach(es): Chris Jackman, Duncan Little, Dale Ellis
Beyond the Boat
Becca took up rowing while studying nutrition at Manchester Metropolitan University. She was coached by Hamish Burrell on the GB Rowing Team Start programme based at Agecroft RC.
She is Lottery funded through UK Sport.
Personal information
Place of Birth | Current Address | Hometown | Region |
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St Asaph | Salford Quays | Deganwy | Conwy |
- Place of Birth:
- St Asaph
- Current Address:
- Salford Quays
- Hometown:
- Deganwy
- Region:
- Conwy
Date of Birth | Weight | Height |
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11th August 1991 | 75kg | 178cm |
- Date of Birth:
- 11th August 1991
- Weight:
- 75kg
- Height:
- 178cm
Education |
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Manchester Metropolitan University |
- Education:
- Manchester Metropolitan University