Rebecca Wing

Becky Wing
— Gymnast —
Full name Rebecca Wing
Country represented  United Kingdom
Born (1992-07-15) 15 July 1992
Frimley
Hometown Farnborough, Hampshire
Height 164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Club Heathrow
College team Stanford (2012-2016)
Head coach(es) Vincent + Michele Walduck
Assistant coach(es) Natalia Ilienko-Jarvis

Rebecca 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] 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.[2][3] 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.[4]

References

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

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