Rebecca Scown
{{Short description|New Zealand rower}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Rebecca Scown
| image = NZ W2- (5178800166).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Juliette Haigh and Rebecca Scown in 2010
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|8|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Hāwera, New Zealand
| relatives = Alistair Scown (uncle)
Sonia Waddell (cousin)
| height = 1.77 m
| weight = 68 kg
| club = Union Boat Club (Whanganui)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport| Women's rowing}}
{{MedalCountry|{{NZL}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Coxless pair}}
{{MedalBronze|2012 London|Coxless pair}}
{{MedalComp|World Championships }}
{{MedalGold|2010 Karapiro|Coxless pair}}
{{MedalGold|2011 Bled|Coxless pair}}
{{MedalSilver|2015 Aiguebelette|Eight}}
{{MedalBronze|2009 Poznań|Coxless pair}}
{{MedalBronze|2013 Chungju|Coxless pair}}
{{MedalBronze|2014 Amsterdam|Coxless pair}}
{{MedalBronze|2017 Sarasota|Eight}}
}}
Rebecca Scown (born 10 August 1983) is a Silver and Bronze Olympic medalist rower from New Zealand. Together with Genevieve Behrent, she won the silver medal in the women's coxless pair at the 2016 Summer Olympics. At the same Olympic games she doubled up to compete in New Zealand's first ever Olympic women's eight placing 4th. Previous to this with Juliette Haigh, she won the bronze medal in the women's coxless pair at the 2012 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |title=Bronze for NZ women's pair |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/olympics-2012/bond-murray-dominant-once-more-5001428 |publisher=tvnz.co.nz |access-date=2 August 2012}} Juliette and Rebecca won gold in the women's pair at the World Rowing Cup regatta in Lucerne, 2010World Rowing [http://www.worldrowing.com/display/modules/news/dspNews.php?newid=324887 Racing for the top at Lucerne World Rowing Cup] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913070646/http://www.worldrowing.com/display/modules/news/dspNews.php?newid=324887 |date=13 September 2010 }} Published 11 July 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2010. and at the 2010 World Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro and the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled.BBC News [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/rowing/9163435.stm GB women's pair storm to silver at world championships] Published 6 November 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2010.World Rowing [http://www.worldrowing.com/display/modules/media/media_detail.php?mediacenterid=8&imgnum=6&mdatype=1&searchKwd=&searchFrom=&searchTo=&cat=&subcat=&subcat2=&page=0 The New Zealand Women's Pairs] {{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Published 6 November 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2010.{{cite web | publisher=Sportal NZ | url=http://sportal.co.nz/other-sports-news-display/scown-and-haigh-dominant-101636 | title=Scown and Haigh dominant | date=6 November 2010 | access-date=6 November 2010 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101108103342/http://sportal.co.nz/other-sports-news-display/scown-and-haigh-dominant-101636 | archive-date=8 November 2010 | df=dmy-all }}{{Cite web |title=Events – worldrowing.com |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2011-world-championships/womens-pair/final/ |website=www.worldrowing.com |access-date=22 June 2015}} Rebecca created history stroking the New Zealand's women's eight at the 2015 World Rowing Championships where they won the first ever silver medal for New Zealand in the event, and in doing so qualified the eight for the Olympic Games in Rio. After winning a bronze medal with the New Zealand women's eight at the 2017 World Rowing Championships, she retired from the sport.
Personal life
Scown was born in Hāwera in 1983.{{cite news|title=Olympics: Silver for super Scown|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=11693076|access-date=8 September 2016|work=Wanganui Chronicle|date=13 August 2016}} Sonia Waddell (née Scown), a fellow competitive rower, is her cousin. Her uncle Alistair Scown (Waddell's father) is a former All Black.{{cite web |title=Rebecca Scown |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/23297/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |access-date=14 December 2016 |archive-date=14 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214124350/http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/23297/ |url-status=dead }} She completed her schooling at Wanganui Collegiate School. She participated in a number of extra-curricular activities during her schooling years, most notably rowing which she took up during her final years at Wanganui Collegiate School. Her teachers saw potential in her and allowed Scown to participate in the New Zealand Secondary Schools Rowing Regatta for Collegiate.
Scown was accepted to the University of Otago to study both Commerce and Arts and completed her Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing and Bachelor of Arts in Art History before moving north to Cambridge in the Waikato to begin her career as a full-time athlete.
Since the completion of her degree, Rebecca has also achieved a postgraduate diploma in Sport Management.{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/sport/2939172 |title=Storm Uru wins sports crown again |author=Richardson, Daniel |date=7 October 2009 |work=Manawatu Standard |access-date=4 November 2011}}
Rowing career
During her summer holidays, Scown would go home to Wanganui and compete in the Rowing New Zealand Summer season. In 2005, which was her final year at University, she received a Rowing New Zealand trial and was named a member of the New Zealand Under-23 Women's quad scull with fellow members Bess Halley, Darnelle Timbs, and Clementine Marshall.World Rowing [http://www.worldrowing.com/display/modules/news/dspNews.php?newid=160847 New Zealand announces elite team] {{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Published 21 March 2005. Retrieved 20 September 2010. Scown and her crew mates competed at the Under-23 World Championships in Amsterdam and won a bronze medal.Wanganui Chronicle [http://www.wanganuichronicle.co.nz/sport/news/rebecca-bags-a-bronze/3645389/ Rebecca bags a bronze] Published 26 July 2005. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
In 2006, Scown rowed for the Union Boat Club in Wanganui and the Central Regional Performance Centre, gaining a number of places at the Rowing New Zealand Championships on Lake Karapiro. She was then named as a member of the New Zealand Women's Rowing Eight to compete at the 2006 World Rowing Championships in Eton, England.World Rowing [http://www.worldrowing.com/display/modules/news/dspNews.php?newid=313137 Rowing New Zealand selects team] {{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Published 13 March 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2010. The crew came in 7th.
A year later, Scown competed at the 2007 World Rowing Championships in Munich, Germany as part of the New Zealand Women's Rowing Eight.World Rowing [http://www.worldrowing.com/display/modules/news/dspNews.php?newid=324100 New Zealand first to select rowing squad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070315032911/http://www.worldrowing.com/display/modules/news/dspNews.php?newid=324100 |date=15 March 2007 }} Published 8 March 2007. Retrieved 20 September 2010. However, once again, Scown and her crew returned home empty-handed as they came in 9th.
Scown was later named as the stroke of the New Zealand Women's Eight which was sent to the Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification in Poznań, Poland, however, her crew was unsuccessful in their bid to qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
2009 provided the opportunity for her to secure a seat in the New Zealand Women's Pair.{{cite web |publisher=World Rowing |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/display/modules/news/dspNews.php?newid=324694 |title=Australia show themselves at rowing champs |date=23 August 2009 |access-date=20 September 2010 }} {{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Scown was named in the boat with fellow eight-rower Emma Feathery and the pair competed at two World Rowing Cup events, winning both world cups and becoming World Rowing Cup leaders for their event in 2009.{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/news/article.cfm?a_id=42&objectid=10579936&ref=imthis |title=Rowing: Coxless pairs in sizzling form at World Cup regatta |last=Leggat |first=David |date=22 June 2009 |work=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=4 November 2011}} They went on to compete in the 2009 World Rowing Championships in Poznań, Poland, and found themselves in one of the closest races of the regatta; there was only 1 second within the first three crews in the race and Scown and Feathery came in third, winning the bronze.{{cite news |work=Radio Sport New Zealand |url=http://www.radiosport.co.nz/SportsNews/spspo/Detail.aspx?id=162427 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927111257/http://www.radiosport.co.nz/SportsNews/spspo/Detail.aspx?id=162427 |archive-date=27 September 2011 |title=More rowing chances |date=30 August 2009 |access-date=18 September 2010}}{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rowing/news/article.cfm?c_id=78&objectid=10594022 |title=Rowing: Golds pour in for Kiwis |last=Alderson |first=Andrew |date=30 August 2009 |work=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=4 November 2011}}
In 2010, Juliette Haigh who was in the New Zealand Women's Pair from 2004 to 2008 returned to the event and partnered with Scown in the boat. The pair competed at two World Rowing Cup events and convincingly won both finals and the World Rowing Cup leadership jerseys, making them favourites for the 2010 World Rowing Championships to be held at Lake Karapiro in November 2010.{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/4141804/Homework-looming-for-bookmakers-and-punters |title=Homework looming for bookmakers and punters |author=Anderson, Ian |date=18 September 2010 |work=Waikato Times |access-date=4 November 2011}}{{cite news |url=http://www.3news.co.nz/3Sport/Story/tabid/415/articleID/176270/Default.aspx |title=Kiwi rowers looking for Karapiro gold rush |author=Pickles, Michelle |date=15 September 2010 |work=3 News |access-date=4 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929002432/http://www.3news.co.nz/3Sport/Story/tabid/415/articleID/176270/Default.aspx |archive-date=29 September 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}World Rowing [http://www.worldrowing.com/display/modules/news/dspNews.php?newid=324878 Who to Watch at the Rowing World Cup in Lucerne] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812100702/http://www.worldrowing.com/display/modules/news/dspNews.php?newid=324878# |date=12 August 2010 }} Published 7 July 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2010. She won a silver medal at the 2015 World Rowing Championships with the women's eight, qualifying the boat for the 2016 Olympics.{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Ian |title=New Zealand eights surge into Olympic medal contention at world champs |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/71804995/new-zealand-eights-surge-into-olympic-medal-contention-at-world-champs |access-date=9 September 2015 |work=Stuff.co.nz |date=7 September 2015}} She also competed in the coxless pair in Rio and with Genevieve Behrent won silver, beaten by the reigning Olympic champions Heather Stanning and Helen Glover of Great Britain.{{cite news |title=Rio Olympics 2016: Silver for Genevieve Behrent and Rebecca Scown in women's pair |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11692887|access-date=12 August 2016 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=12 August 2016}} Behrent announced in November 2016 that she would take a break in 2017, hence Scown will need a new rowing partner.{{cite news | title=Rowing pair Hamish Bond and Eric Murray put golden partnership on hold | url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11750591 | access-date=20 November 2016 | work=The New Zealand Herald | date=18 November 2016}} Scown rowed with the women's eight in 2017 and won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida.{{cite web |title=(W8+) Women's Eight – Final |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2017-world-rowing-championships/womens-eight/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |access-date=12 October 2017}} Scown will take the 2017/18 rowing season off, and will review her involvement in rowing during that time.{{cite news|title=2017/18 Summer Squad |url= https://www.rowingnz.kiwi/Story?Action=View&Story_id=457 |access-date=12 October 2017|work=Rowing New Zealand |date=11 October 2017}}
References
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- {{cite web |url=http://www.rowit.co.nz/results/nzcc2009?pid=10985 |title=NZ Rowing Championships regatta results from rowIT |access-date=20 September 2010 |publisher=rowIT}}
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External links
- {{World Rowing}}
- {{NZOC profile}}
- {{Olympics.com}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- [http://www.worldrowing.com/photos-videos/videos/rebecca-scown-and-juliette-haigh-nzl Video interview] with Rebecca Scown and Juliette Haigh
{{2012 New Zealand Olympic team}}
{{2016 New Zealand Olympic team}}
{{World champions – Women's coxless pair}}
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Category:Olympic silver medalists for New Zealand
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Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:World Rowing Championships medalists for New Zealand
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