Rebecca Stoyel
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Country represented | Australia | |||||||||||||||||
Born | (1979-04-04) 4 April 1979 (age 45) Adelaide, Australia | |||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||
Club | South Australian Sports Institute | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rebecca Stoyel (born 4 April 1979) is an Australian former artistic gymnast. She is the 1994 Commonwealth Games uneven bars champion, all-around silver medalist, and team bronze medalist.[1]
Career
Stoyel won the junior all-around title at the 1992 Australian Championships in addition to winning the junior team, vault, and floor exercise titles.[2] She withdrew from the 1994 Australian Championships due to a broken hand, and she withdrew from the 1994 World Championships after breaking her foot on a balance beam dismount.[3] She returned to competition at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. She competed alongside Joanna Hughes, Ruth Moniz, and Salli Wills and won the team bronze medal behind England and Canada.[4] In the individual all-around, Stoyel earned a total score of 38.037 and won the silver medal behind Canada's Stella Umeh.[5] In the vault final, she scored a 9.356 and finished in sixth place.[6] Then in the uneven bars final, she won the gold medal with a score of 9.525.[7] Finally, she competed in the floor exercise final where she finished eighth with a score of 8.887.[8]
Stoyel broke her foot again prior to the 1996 Olympics and retired from competition and began working as a coach.[3]
References
- ^ "Rebecca Stoyel". Commonwealth Games Australia. Archived from the original on 7 July 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ "The Australian Gymnast Winter 1992" (PDF). Gymnastics NSW. Australian Gymnastics Federation. p. 18. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ a b Ross, Craig (20 May 2008). "Gold medallist adds muscle to gym ranks". PressReader. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ "Gymnastics Artistic Team Competition - Women Victoria 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ "Gymnastics Artistic Individual All-Around - Women Victoria 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ "Gymnastics Artistic Vault - Women Victoria 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ "Gymnastics Artistic Uneven Bars - Women Victoria 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ "Gymnastics Artistic Floor - Women Victoria 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
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- 1990–1994: Asymmetric bars
- 1998–present: Uneven bars
- 1990: Monique Allen (AUS)
- 1994: Rebecca Stoyel (AUS)
- 1998: Lisa Skinner (AUS)
- 2002: Beth Tweddle (ENG)
- 2006: Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs (CAN)
- 2010: Lauren Mitchell (AUS)
- 2014: Becky Downie (ENG)
- 2018: Georgia-Mae Fenton (ENG)
- 2022: Georgia-Mae Fenton (ENG)