Rebecca Romero

Rebecca Romero is one of the most astonishing athletes I have read about. Winning an Olympic silver in rowing, then switching to an entirely different sport and claiming gold in track cycling, is almost unheard of. Two summer Olympic medals in two separate disciplines, in different colors no less, places her in genuinely rare historical company. Her 180 cm frame brought real power, but it is the mindset that floors me: after reaching the summit once, she refused to settle and climbed a completely different mountain from scratch. That her hometown of London and an MBE recognized her feels entirely earned. People like her make me sit up straighter.

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Name (English)

Rebecca Romero

Name (Japanese)

レベッカ・ロメロ

Reading

れべっか・ろめろ

Born

January 24, 1980 (age 46)

Origin

London, United Kingdom

Height

180 cm

Occupation

track cyclist / sport cyclist / rower

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Monkey

High school

Wallington High School for Girls

University

University of Surrey

Awards & achievements

• Member of the Order of the British Empire

• Official sitehttps://www.rebeccaromero.co.uk/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca%20Romero
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%83%99%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AD
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q237209

Tags

• track cyclist
• sport cyclist
• rower

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.