Rebecca Dubber (born 14 May 1993) is a New Zealand retired para-swimmer. She represented New Zealand at the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

in London and at the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

in Rio de Janeiro. At the 2016 Games, she won the bronze medal in the women's 100 m backstroke S7. Dubber grew up on the North Shore of

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. She was born with

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. She was educated at Carmel College, and later the Auckland University of Technology, graduating with a Bachelor of Communication Studies in 2018. Dubber started sport as a triathlete. She retired from swimming in March 2019.

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Meet Our Paralympians: Rebecca Dubber (Attitude Live video profile)
1993 births Living people New Zealand female swimmers Paralympic swimmers of New Zealand Paralympic bronze medalists for New Zealand Paralympic medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics S7-classified Paralympic swimmers Swimmers from Auckland Auckland University of Technology alumni New Zealand female triathletes People with caudal regression syndrome People educated at Carmel College, Auckland Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships {{NewZealand-Paralympic-medalist-stub