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Rebecca Wing

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Rebecca Wing
Full nameRebecca Jayne Wing
Nickname(s)Becky
Country represented Great Britain
 England
Born (1992-07-15) 15 July 1992 (age 32)
Frimley, Surrey, England
HometownFarnborough, Hampshire
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
ClubHeathrow Gymnastics Club
College teamStanford (2012-2016)
Head coach(es)Vincent + Michele Walduck
Assistant coach(es)Natalia Ilienko-Jarvis
Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Delhi Team all-around

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]

References

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  1. ^ "Women's Artistic Olympic Team Announced". 29 June 2008.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Gymnastics: Beth plays her part as GB seal place at Games". 5 September 2007.
  4. ^ "The Official Website of Becky Wing".
  5. ^ "Stanford Completes All-Star Gymnastics Recruiting Class". Archived from the original on 4 January 2012.
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