Rebecca Stoyel Explained

Rebecca Stoyel
Birth Date:1979 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Adelaide, Australia
Discipline:WAG
Level:Senior International Elite
Club:South Australian Sports Institute
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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. 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.[3] In the individual all-around, Stoyel earned a total score of 38.037 and won the silver medal behind Canada's Stella Umeh.[4] In the vault final, she scored a 9.356 and finished in sixth place.[5] Then in the uneven bars final, she won the gold medal with a score of 9.525.[6] Finally, she competed in the floor exercise final where she finished eighth with a score of 8.887.[7]

Stoyel broke her foot again prior to the 1996 Olympics and retired from competition and began working as a coach.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rebecca Stoyel . Commonwealth Games Australia . 28 November 2021 . 7 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240707005214/https://commonwealthgames.com.au/athletes/rebecca-stoyel/ . live .
  2. Web site: The Australian Gymnast Winter 1992 . Gymnastics NSW . Australian Gymnastics Federation . 28 November 2021 . 18 . 24 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211024095720/http://gymnsw.org.au/images/national/News/Flickin_Back_Archive/Australian_Gymnastics_Winter_92.pdf . live .
  3. Web site: Gymnastics Artistic Team Competition - Women Victoria 1994 . Commonwealth Games Federation . 28 November 2021 . 28 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211128205433/https://thecgf.com/results/team/3389 . live .
  4. Web site: Gymnastics Artistic Individual All-Around - Women Victoria 1994 . Commonwealth Games Federation . 28 November 2021 . 28 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211128205432/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/event/1651 . live .
  5. Web site: Gymnastics Artistic Vault - Women Victoria 1994 . Commonwealth Games Federation . 28 November 2021 . 28 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211128205434/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/event/1718 . live .
  6. Web site: Gymnastics Artistic Uneven Bars - Women Victoria 1994 . Commonwealth Games Federation . 28 November 2021 . 28 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211128205435/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/event/1717 . live .
  7. Web site: Gymnastics Artistic Floor - Women Victoria 1994 . Commonwealth Games Federation . 28 November 2021 . 28 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211128205433/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/event/1716 . live .
  8. Web site: Ross . Craig . Gold medallist adds muscle to gym ranks . PressReader . 28 November 2021 . 20 May 2008 . 28 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211128205433/https://www.pressreader.com/australia/the-cairns-post/20080520/282364035417636 . live .

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