Barbados: Teenage feminine wrestler Rebecca Williams is now in Toronto, Canada the place she is taking part in a 3 week wrestling cultural alternate programme with ‘Central Toronto Wrestling’ and ‘Beat the Avenue Canada’.
The 15-year-old Combermere Faculty pupil may have the chance to coach with Russian and Iranian coaches in two respective types, together with separate energy and conditioning teaching.
This publicity will help in getting ready her for the upcoming 2024 Beneath-17 Continental Championships, Beneath-17 World Championships, and the USA and British Open Championships.
Williams was wrestling because the age of 5 and on the age of seven, she went on her first abroad tour to Cuba the place she received a gold medal and the award for ‘Finest Wrestler’ in her division. That occasion added inspiration and Rebecca began to dedicate extra time to coaching.
In 2016, Rebeca was invited to a training session in Chicago and the invitation was once more provided to her in 2017. She represented Barbados in Mexico on the 2021 under-15 Pan Am video games the place she positioned seventh general and in April 2022, she travelled to Jacksonville, Florida to attend the ‘Spartan Wrestling Competitors’, the place she received a silver and a bronze medal.
She additionally competed within the 2022 Pan American Beneath-15 Wrestling Championships in Colombia the place she positioned sixth general in a extremely aggressive meet.
In Could this yr, Williams attended the US Seaside Wrestling Nationals in Raleigh, North Carolina the place she received a gold medal in her maiden worldwide seaside wrestling competitors.
In her most up-to-date worldwide competitors, she competed within the 65kg class on the Pan American Video games in Panama in November and got here eighth general for Barbados in mat wrestling. She then got here fourth general in seaside wrestling.
In 2016 Rebecca received the BGII Independence Video games Award for Wrestling and in 2018,the Optimist Membership of Barbados-Bridgetown chosen Rebecca for his or her Main Faculty Award for excellent all-around college students in sports activities and lecturers. Along with these awards, Rebecca has additionally obtained the Duke of Edinburgh bronze award.
A previous pupil of St. Silas Main Faculty the place she was a Brownie and the Deputy Head Woman, Rebecca performed cricket for the college, and represented them in monitor and discipline at NAPSAC. She additionally performed soccer for Maverik Membership. On the extra educational facet, she represented the college in a psychological arithmetic quiz, a spelling bee and a normal information quiz.
Shifting on to Combermere Faculty the place she is a Cadet, Rebecca now has her eyes set on representing Barbados on the highest degree and whereas in Canada she would meet with faculty boards and universities to discover the chance to additional her schooling and wrestling through a scholarship.
