Becky Wilde

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Becky Wilde
File:Rebecca Wilde Paris Olympics.jpg
Wilde at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameRebecca Wilde
Born (1997-12-31) 31 December 1997 (age 28)[1]
EducationQueen's College, Taunton
University of Bath
Sport
SportRowing
ClubLeander Club
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Double sculls
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2025 Shanghai Quadruple sculls
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2025 Plovdiv Quadruple sculls

Rebecca Wilde (born 31 December 1997) is a British rower. She won a bronze in double sculls at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Early life

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The daughter of P.E. teachers she has a Welsh mother and English father. Formerly a swimmer, she was first inspired to take up rowing after watching the 2012 London Olympics, eventually switching sports in 2017.[2] She represented the South of England in swimming at the London Youth Olympics in 2012.[3] She attended Queens College, Taunton.[4][5]

Career

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She is a member of Leander Club,[6] and was formerly part of British Rowing's Performance Development Academy (PDA), based at the Team Bath Sports Training Village.[7]

In November 2023 she had to undergo surgery for compartment syndrome in her forearms, and missed part of the rowing season.[8] Alongside Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne she qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics in the double sculls at the World Rowing Final Olympic Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.[9]

In June 2024, she was confirmed in the British squad for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.[10] On 1 August 2024 Wilde and Hodgkins-Byrne won a bronze medal in the double sculls finishing behind gold medallists New Zealand and silver medallists Romania.[11]

She moved to the quadruple sculls at the 2025 European Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, winning gold.[12][13]

Personal life

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She studied Sport and Social Science at the University of Bath.[14]

References

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