Rebecca Jayne Wing (born 15 July 1992) is a British

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

from

Farnborough, Hampshire Farnborough is a town in northeast Hampshire, England, part of the borough of Rushmoor and the Farnborough/Aldershot Built-up Area. Farnborough was founded in Saxon times and is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name is formed fro ...

. She was a member of the British 2008 Summer Olympics artistic gymnastics team 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. After originally obtaining a place at the

University of Exeter , mottoeng = "We Follow the Light" , established = 1838 - St Luke's College1855 - Exeter School of Art1863 - Exeter School of Science 1955 - University of Exeter (received royal charter) , type = Public , ...

, 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.

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* * * * * 1992 births Living people British female artistic gymnasts English female artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Great Britain Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in gymnastics Gymnasts at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Stanford Cardinal women's gymnasts Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games {{UK-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub