{{Short description|British rower, discus thrower, and shot putter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Rebecca Chin | nickname = | image = Rebecca Chin rower in 2015.JPG | imagesize = | caption = Chin at the 2015 World Rowing Championships | nationality = | sport = Rowing | event = | club = Agecroft Rowing Club | coach = Hamish Burrell<br /> Robin Williams | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|12|11|df=y}} | birth_place = St Asaph | retired = 2018 | death_date = | death_place = | height = 178cm | weight = 75kg | pb = | country = {{GBR}} | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Rowing}} {{Medal|Country|{{GBR}}}} {{Medal|Competition|World Rowing Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2015 Aiguebelette|Women's four}} {{Medal|Competition|World University Rowing Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2014 Gravelines|Women's four}} {{Medal|Competition|World Rowing U23 Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2013 Linz|Women's eight}} }}
'''Rebecca Chin''' (born 11 December 1991) is a retired British rower who competed in international events and a former Paralympic discus and shot put thrower.
==Paralympic career== Chin was born with hyperlax ankle ligaments.<ref name=":0" /> Chin competed in the Paralympic discus and shot put, in the F44 classification at the 2008 Summer Paralympics but was shifted to the F38 category as it was deemed appropriate for her unusual leg function. However, after her shot put event, she was stripped of her shot put silver medal due to an on the spot reclassification of her disability.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rowing/41427949|title=World Rowing Championships: Rebecca Chin on overcoming Paralympic disappointment|last=|first=|date=29 September 2017|website=BBC Sport|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>
==Rowing career== During her rowing career, she competed in the women's fours events mainly with Karen Bennett, Pippa Whittaker and Michelle Vezie.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rowing/2017/08/10/rebecca-chins-journey-parlaympic-discus-world-championship-rower/|title=Rebecca Chin's journey from the Paralympic discus to World Championship rower|last=|first=|date=10 August 2017|website=The Telegraph|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishrowing.org/athlete/rebecca-chin/|title=Rebecca Chin - Profile|last=|first=|date=11 December 2019|website=British Rowing|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> She was part of the British team that topped the medal table at the 2015 World Rowing Championships at Lac d'Aiguebelette in France, where she won a silver medal as part of the coxless four with Karen Bennett, Lucinda Gooderham and Holly Norton.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2015-world-rowing-championships/|title=2015 World Rowing Championships results|publisher=World Rowing}}</ref>
Chin retired due to back injury in 2018 where she was aiming to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/sport/other-sport/north-wales-ace-rebecca-chin-14967235|title=North Wales ace Rebecca Chin calls time on an 'OAR-some' career|last=|first=|date=30 July 2018|website=North Wales Live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chin, Rebecca}} Category:1991 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from St Asaph Category:Welsh female rowers Category:Welsh women discus throwers Category:British women discus throwers Category:Welsh women shot putters Category:British women shot putters Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Category:Rowers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Category:Competitors stripped of Paralympic medals