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Rebecca Redfern

Rebecca was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, Aged seven and was born in 19th December 1999, In Droitwich Spa which is in Worcestershire county: She trains, works out at Worcester Swimming Club. Spotted by a British Swimming Vision for Rio guru, She debuted internationally in Funchal, Portugal, At the Swimming European Championships 2016, Where she claimed a silver, missed gold by 0.02. In Rio she came second to take home the silver, For the SB13 category of the 100m breaststroke, Striking the wall in a speedy time of 1:13.81 mins, Just behind Fotimakhon Amilova of Uzbekistan. Her local community honours her at Christmas, By asking her to switch on the Christmas lights, The Droitwich Christmas Lights, and she was, The local year’s Junior Female Sportsperson.

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