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Rebekah 'Bex' Wilson (born 17 March 1991) is a British bobsleigh brakewoman who competes at Olympic level, and competed at the trials for the 2010 Winter Olympics, and the two-women bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics. == Biography == Wilson was born on 17 March 1991 in Manchester, England.〔 She attended Navigation Road Primary School and Wellington School. When Wilson was 9 years old, she took up athletics, after trialling several events including the 100m. She was a member of Altrincham Athletics Club.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Rebekah ‘Bex’ Wilson )〕 At 14, Wilson changed clubs, moving to her present club of Sale Harriers. At 100 metres, she won five national titles, was a World Junior finalist at the 4x100m relay. At 12 Wilson set a European Record for the 60m, which stands at present.〔 Wilson was the Great British number one from the age of 18, but each year has to participate in a selection process.〔 In 2010 Paula Walker approached Wilson's athletics coaches with regards to competing alongside Walker in the two-women bobsleigh.〔 Wilson quit the national programme and UK Sport funding, and moved from the Great Britain bobsleigh headquarters in Bath back to her native Manchester, cutting her communications with British Bobsleigh for a year.〔 In the year leading up to the Olympics, she didn't practice at bobsleigh, but worked in a gym. In order to pay for training, Wilson took on odd jobs, such as babysitting, waitressing, and working as a nail technician.〔 A year after Wilson's not competing at Vancouver, Walker and Wilson won a World Junior Championship together, re-uniting after Wilson's topping the GB trials.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rebekah Wilson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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