Rebecca Lyne

Becky Lyne

Becky Lyne signs autographs after winning the 800 m bronze medal at the 2006 European Athletics Championships
Medal record European Championships 2006 Gothenburg 800 m

Rebecca "Becky" Lyne (born 4 July 1982, in Sheffield, South Yorkshire), is an English middle-distance runner, specialising in 800 and 1,500 metre races.

Lyne attended Tapton School in Sheffield.

Professionally, Lyne teaches athletics to primary school children. She is a member of the Hallamshire Harriers running club. Lyne is coached by Dave Turnbull and is managed by Australian athletics agent Nic Bideau, to whom she partly credits her recent success.

Her partner is British cross country international runner Steve Vernon. In 2002/03 she took a year out of studies at Loughborough University to attend Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

Not selected for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in March due to a series of injuries, the -based athlete leapt to third in the UK all-time 800 metre rankings with 1 min 58.20 sec in the Norwich Union British Grand Prix in Gateshead in June 2006, finishing second behind Kenyan Commonwealth champion Janeth Jepkosgei. Shortly afterwards she finished behind Jepkosgei again at the London Grand Prix in Crystal Palace with a time of 1:58.69.

At the EAA European Cup in Málaga at the end of June 2006 she fell and finished last, but in July 2006 she became the WAAA 800 metre champion in Manchester with a time of 2:00.31.

On 10 August, she won the 800 m bronze medal at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg's Ullevi Stadium in Sweden, with a time of 1:58.45 minutes.