Since the beginning of childhood, Rebecca Redfern has not let her disability hold her back from becoming a swimming champion. The athlete has been participating in championships where she has exhibited her extraordinary swimming skills at the international level.
Rebecca “Becky” is a Paralympic swimmer from England who competes in the S13/SB13/SM13 of disability category. She won her first gold during the GB Para-Swimming International in 2015, followed by a silver in European Championship 2016 held in Funchal, Madeira.
The swimmer is participating in the Summer Paralympics for the second time after going for Rio Olympics 2016 for 100m Breaststroke SB13 and has won a silver medal in both events.
Rebecca Redfern Disability
Rebecca Redfern’s disability is linked with her vision which was not present at her birth. She was diagnosed with a degenerative eye condition called Retinitis Pigmentosa at the age of 7 years.
Due to the disease, Redfern doesn’t have peripheral vision and suffers from poor frontal vision.
Rebecca didn’t back herself down from pursuing the sport and going by her day-to-day normal life despite having a vision impairment. She doesn’t want to be treated any differently than an ordinary person and wants to show that her determination has not been affected by her disability.
Rebecca Redfern Height
Rebecca has not disclosed her exact height, but she is tall enough.
The gold medalist is physically active has a toned body that she gained from constant practice and workout.
Redfern is a member of the Worcester Swimming Club and spends around 16 hours every week in the pool and additional four hours at the gym. She has represented her club on the regional, national as well as country at the international level.
Rebecca Redfern Partner
Rebecca is currently in a relationship with her partner James Fairhurst.
The couple must have known each other as friends before getting involved with each other. Her boyfriend James is also the father of her son Patrick who was born July 3, 2020.
Redfern participated in the World Championships London and won a gold medal when she was earlier in her pregnancy. Even after the birth of her son, she didn’t take many breaks from swimming and bounced back to practice in the midst of the COVID pandemic.
Rebecca Redfern Parents
Rebecca Redfern was born to her parents Katherine and Steve Redfern.
Her brothers, Anthony, Matthew, and Nathan, are all competitive swimmers. It seems like swimming runs in her family, and she has all the support she could get from her family members.
The World Champion swimmer grew up in Droitwich Spa and went to Droitwich Spa High School to study her A-Levels. She is currently enrolled at the University of Worcester, studying for a Primary Initial Teacher education degree.
The swimmer had to defer the final years of her college to focus on swimming to represent Team GB during Tokyo 2020.