Help Rebecca get to Tokyo for Pentathlon

Kia ora koutou,

I have recently qualified for Tokyo2020 in the Modern Pentathlon. I am the first female to qualify for this event in the Olympics for New Zealand which is really exciting!

Modern Pentathlon is made up of 5 sports (Swimming, Fencing, Showjumping, Shooting and running) making it a very time intensive sport to train effectively for.

I currently don't get any support from HPSNZ and up until this point have been completely self-funded (good bye house deposit haha)...

I have only been competing at an international level for less than a year so I would like to compete in the world cups starting at the end of Feb (Cairo, Bulgaria, Budapest, South Korea) and the World champs (China).

Between the world cups I will be based in Rome to train intensively on my fencing which is my weakest discipline. I would use funds raised to travel costs of living, costs of lessons and coaching, physio and travel/accommodation costs for the world cups and world champs (most countries cover the costs of this for their athletes but we don't have this privilege here in NZ).

When I am home and back in New Zealand I try to get as much relieving work as a teacher but it is difficult fitting in fulltime training with teaching.

Any support you can give would be more than appreciated!

Thank you so much,

Ngaa mihi,

Rebecca