Rebecca Romero
>Olympic Podium Programme Riders
Lives: High Wycombe
D.O.B: 24/01/1980
Website: http://www.rebeccaromero.co.uk/
Events: Individual Pursuit
Club/Team: Science in Sport
GB Team: Member of Olympic Podium Programme
GB Debut: Moscow World Cup, 2006/07
PB: 3.31.894 (Majorca, 2007)
Note: An Olympic silver medallist and World Champion in the sport of rowing, Rebecca took up cycling in 2006 (April) with the aim of achieving the same elite standard by Beijing 2008. She rapidly improved in her chosen discipline, the 300m Individual Pursuit, and at the 2007 World Track Championships she shattered the national record on her way to silver. See her website for up-to-date details.
RESULTS PROFILE (Cycling)
2008
Olympics, Beijing
Gold, Women's Pursuit
World Track Championships, Manchester
Gold, Team Pursuit (with Wendy Houvenaghel and Jo Rowsell)
Gold, Women's Pursuit
2007
World Track Championships Majorca (Report)
Silver Women's Pursuit 3.31.894
Other Results
2006/2007 Track World Cups
Manchester: Silver Women's individual pursuit 3.36.684Moscow: Silver Women's individual pursuit
British Championships
2007: 1st, Individual Pursuit; 2nd, Road Time Trial2006: 2nd, Individual Pursuit: 1st, Road Time Trial