Rebecca Redfern

Rebecca Redfern has won medals on the Paralympic, World and European stages - her first international gold came at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London.

After starting a family in July 2020 as a mother to her son Patrick, Redfern made a return to the pool in time for the Tokyo Games where she repeated her success from Rio 2016 in winning silver in the SB13 100m breaststroke.

At Paris 2024 Redfern turned silver in to gold, this this claiming the top spot in the SB13 100m breaststroke.

Redfern has been swimming since the age of 9 but was not competitive until she was 14 when she was talent spotted in the “Vision for Rio” development programme.

She set a new world record in the SB13 100m Breaststroke at the 2016 British Para-Swimming International Meet to secure her place on the Brazil-bound ParalympicsGB team.

Before arriving in Rio, she made her international debut at the 2016 Europeans in Portugal, winning a maiden medal with silver in the SB13 100m breaststroke.

At the 2023 World Championships in Manchester, Redfern retained her title in the SB13 100m breaststroke with a time of 1:15.01.