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]
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| Country represented |  Australia | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 April 1979 Adelaide, Australia | |||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | South Australian Sports Institute | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editStoyel 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
edit- ^ "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.