Rebecca Grieve

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Rebecca Grieve
Personal information
NationalityScottish
Born (2005-01-30) 30 January 2005 (age 21)
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb; 9 st 0 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprint
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2025 Bergen 4x400 m relay
World U20 Championships
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European U18 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Jerusalem Medley relay

Rebecca Grieve (born 30 January 2005) is a Scottish sprinter.[1]

Early life

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From Currie in Scotland, she started athletics at the age of eight years-old and competing at nine. She was a member of Edinburgh Athletics and won the Scottish U20 title as a 15 year-old.[2] She also raced for Pitreavie ACC and Woodford Green Ladies. She attended the University of New Mexico in the United States to study biology.[3][4]

Career

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In August 2021, she was part of a Scottish 4x400 metres relay team that set a new Scottish U20 record racing in Manchester.[5]

She won a gold medal in the medley relay at the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships in Jerusalem in July 2022.[6] That year, she was the number one Scottish athlete in her age-group over 200 metres and 400 metres.[7]

She competed at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru. Taking part in the 4 x 400 metres relay, she ran the second fastest leg of all competitors (52.86 seconds) as Britain qualified for the final.[8] In the final, she ran as the British team won the bronze medal.[9][10]

She was named in the British team for the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, placing eighth in the final of the 400 metres.[11][12] Later in the championships, she ran as part of the gold medal winning British 4 x 400 metres relay team.[13]

References

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