Rebecca Scown (born 10 August 1983) is a Silver and Bronze Olympic medalist rower from New Zealand.
Previous to this with Juliette Haigh, she won the bronze medal in the women's coxless pair at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Her teachers saw potential in her and allowed Scown to participate in the New Zealand Secondary Schools Rowing Regatta for Collegiate.
[10] Scown and her crew mates competed at the Under-23 World Championships in Amsterdam and won a bronze medal.
[16][17] In 2010, Juliette Haigh who was in the New Zealand Women's Pair from 2004 to 2008 returned to the event and partnered with Scown in the boat.
[18][19][20] She won a silver medal at the 2015 World Rowing Championships with the women's eight, qualifying the boat for the 2016 Olympics.
[21] She also competed in the coxless pair in Rio and with Genevieve Behrent won silver, beaten by the reigning Olympic champions Heather Stanning and Helen Glover of Great Britain.