Rebecca Wing
{{Short description|British artistic gymnast (born 1992)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox gymnast
| name = Rebecca Wing
| image =
| full_name = Rebecca Jayne Wing
| nickname = Becky
| country = {{GBR2}}
{{ENG}}
| formercountry =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|7|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Frimley, Surrey, England
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = 164 cm
| discipline = WAG
| level =
| natlteam =
| club = Heathrow Gymnastics Club
| gym =
| collegeteam = Stanford (2012-2016)
| headcoach = Vincent + Michele Walduck
| assistcoach = Natalia Ilienko-Jarvis
| formercoach =
| choreographer =
| music =
| eponymousskills =
| retired =
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport|Women's artistic gymnastics}}
{{Medal|Country|{{ENG}}}}
{{Medal|Comp|Commonwealth Games}}
{{Medal|Silver|2010 Delhi|Team all-around}}
}}
Rebecca Jayne 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{{cite news |url=http://www.british-gymnastics.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=533& |title=Women's Artistic Olympic Team Announced |date=29 June 2008}}{{cite Sports-Reference}} 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.{{cite news |url=http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/0200sport/0800othersports/tm_headline=gymnastics-beth-plays-her-part-as-gb-seal-place-at-games&method=full&objectid=19738735&siteid=50020-name_page.html |title=Gymnastics: Beth plays her part as GB seal place at Games |date=5 September 2007}}{{cite news |url=http://www.beckywing.com/facts.htm |title=The Official Website of Becky Wing}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.gostanford.com/sports/w-gym/spec-rel/041511aaa.html |title=Stanford Completes All-Star Gymnastics Recruiting Class |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104134036/http://www.gostanford.com/sports/w-gym/spec-rel/041511aaa.html |archivedate=2012-01-04}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{FIG|bio=22014|lic=5273|name=Rebecca Wing}}
- {{Olympics.com|rebecca-wing}}
- {{BOA profile}}
- {{CGF profile}}
- {{Olympedia}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wing, Rebecca}}
Category:British female artistic gymnasts
Category:English female artistic gymnasts
Category:Olympic gymnasts for Great Britain
Category:Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:Gymnasts at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:Stanford Cardinal women's gymnasts
Category:Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:21st-century English sportswomen
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in gymnastics
{{UK-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub}}